[bestintxas]

He likely thinks guns are not a deterrent either.

Betcha he surrounds himself with em

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Correction, Sean: The death penalty does not deter others from committing capital crimes. It was not meant to do so. The death penalty is meant to deter the person who has committed a capital crime from committing another capital crime. I would suggest you read the Catechism of the Catholic Church with regard to the death penalty. It is not forbidden. It should be used sparingly. If Tsarnaev who wanted to kill random infidels does not deserve the death penalty, Your Eminence, who does.

[GOPJ]

Hey O’’Malley we're attempting to get justice here. That's our goal in potting the little monster to death.

Is that hard for a liberal elite to understand?

As far as deterrence’ is concerned - ‘death’ WILL stop Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from trying this again... Will it stop other monsters? Probably not - but giving monsters undeserved liberal bullsh*t compassion won't stop them either.

Our way is better. Stopping one monster at a time...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Well, let examine.

Has murdering mohammedan's brother killed anyone since he got dead?

No.

Did he kill people before?

Yes.

So death was the prefect deterrent in that case.

I say we continue to repeat the experiment.

[KarlInOhio]

“The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members,”

As to the other expense, the maximum penalty allowed by law will always be expensive in our legal system. If there were no death penalty the ACLU would drag out with appeals every life without parole case.

[VA Voter]

I’ll bet that if he knew his dead body would be fed to hogs it would matter a lot.

[Newtoidaho]

Not a deterrent? How many times has the Boston marathon been bombed since the verdict? Just another dimwitted demonrat buffoon.

[silverleaf]

It may not be a deterrent but there are no repeat offenders, Marty

[dfwgator]

Cannot argue with the 0% recidivism rate.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Not about deterrence its about punishment for wrongdoing.

[DPMD]

Ineffective as a deterrent, unlike, say, anti-corruption laws for politicians?

[catnipman]

Well, using that logic, since 60% of released U.S. prisoners are re-arrested for subsequent crimes, then we should quit putting criminals in jail, as it’s “deterrent” value is limited.

Oh, and O’Malley is incorrect about the the deterrent value of executing mass murderer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: once executed, he’ll never blow up anyone ever again.

[gogeo]

What a dumb@ss.

The idea of "deterrence" doesn't really apply to Muslim jihadists, does it? Unless it involves bacon...

In this case, the message is a little different...Not just "No," but "HELL NO!"

[minnesota_bound]

FTA: “The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members,”

He contradicts himself. Death will put a stop to the criminal. This also stops the appeal process so the surviving family members don’t have to worry about the murderer getting out of prison. Cost of a few chemicals is nothing to kill the murderer.

I bet O’Malley was talking about the murderers family and is showing his support for them and not the victims family.

Reminder that Democrat gov. Jerry Brown in California is trying to release some 40,000 prisoners that he says are low level criminals. Right now they are being moved around to different local jails but many are being freed and those who are creating new crimes do not serve long sentences if any at all.

Democrats are a criminal party.

[Oztrich Boy]

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday that the death penalty sentence for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was “ineffective.”

Shouldn't it be tried to see if it works?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!