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Boston bomber told nun 'no one' should suffer as his victims did
reuters.com ^
| Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber
Posted on 05/11/2015 12:51:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Since testimony began in Boston federal court in early March, the jury has heard from about 150 witness, including parents who lost children in the attack, first responders who attended to victims who had lost limbs, and Tsarnaev's Russian relatives who remembered him as a loving young boy.
But the closest they came to hearing from Tsarnaev himself was Monday's testimony from the nun, Sister Helen Prejean, 76, who described meeting him five times over the past year at the request of defense lawyers. Prejean, whose story inspired the 1993 book and 1995 film "Dead Man Walking," said she believed Tsarnaev was remorseful.
"He said it emphatically. He said no one deserves to suffer like they did," said Prejean, the public face of the New Orleans-based Ministry Against the Death Penalty and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. "I had every reason to think that he was taking it in and that he was genuinely sorry for what he did."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: massachusetts; waronterror
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Your honor, if terror guy wants to express remorse -- MAKE HIM TAKE THE STAND.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:51:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Yet he gave the bird to the camera in his holding cell. don’t believe his remorse. Thought he wanted his 72 virgins?
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:53:47 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: BenLurkin
If he’s really sorry, he’ll want to suffer and die, like his victims did.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:54:48 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("He's not my prophet, he's just some dead bloke." ~ Mark Steyn)
To: BenLurkin
But the closest they came to hearing from Tsarnaev himself was Monday's testimony from the nun, Sister Helen Prejean, 76, who described meeting him five times over the past year at the request of defense lawyers. Prejean, whose story inspired the 1993 book and 1995 film "Dead Man Walking," said she believed Tsarnaev was remorseful. "He said it emphatically. He said no one deserves to suffer like they did," said Prejean, the public face of the New Orleans-based Ministry Against the Death Penalty and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. "I had every reason to think that he was taking it in and that he was genuinely sorry for what he did."
Sad really. This person a Christian meets with an Islamic adherent, and now explains to us what a changed man he is. God can forgive him if he is deserving. Until then justice should be carried out.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:56:04 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:56:36 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
To: BenLurkin
"He said it emphatically. He said no one deserves to suffer like they did," said Prejean, the public face of the New Orleans-based Ministry Against the Death Penalty and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.-Tom
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:56:48 PM PDT
by
Capt. Tom
To: BenLurkin
“May the good lord take a liken to ya and blow you up reeeeeeal good.”
Big Jim McBob
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:58:24 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
If he truly said it, that should actually INCREASE the punishment as he is expressing that he understands he did something horrible.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:59:10 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:59:49 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: ColdOne
He should be dispatched to meet his 72 virgin...sows.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:00:56 PM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: BenLurkin
"He said it emphatically. He said no one deserves to suffer like they did," said Prejean, the public face of the New Orleans-based Ministry Against the Death Penalty and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. I'm sure he didn't volunteer that information but said it in response to a question the bleeding heart Sister put to him.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:01:06 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: BenLurkin
Headline should be: Pro-abortion nun speaks up for value of terrorist murderer’s life.
To: BenLurkin
If ‘no one’ should suffer as his victims, then surely he should be put to death - wouldn’t want him to sense a writhing pain as some of the victims before they died. Execution, especially here in MA, will be painless and he won’t feel pain for long. Otherwise, he might eventually get cancer in jail and die a slow death.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:02:45 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: BenLurkin
Oh that's so sweet - but I don't buy it.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:03:27 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: BenLurkin
Sister Helen doesn’t want anyone to be put to death for murder. I would venture a guess that Tsarnaev didn’t care then and doesn’t care now. This comment is in keeping with the agenda of Sister Helen. Yes, I am suggesting she is lying to save his life.......if so, I wonder how the Lord will look upon her statement?
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:03:34 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Not my circus, not my monkeys.......)
To: BenLurkin
Prejean, whose story inspired the 1993 book and 1995 film "Dead Man Walking"... That's all I needed to read to now that this nun is a lying sack of crap.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:06:54 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
To: WayneS
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:07:10 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
To: ColdOne
Thought he wanted his 72 virgins?He did. Then he found out it was really just a 72 year old virgin.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:09:37 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: BenLurkin
I can think of one person who should suffer as his victims did....
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:11:26 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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