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(114,904 posts) Sat May 16, 2015, 05:39 AM May 2015

Boston in shock over Tsarnaev death penalty [View all]

interesting article.

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Outside the courthouse people shook their heads in disbelief.

Mary Duggan, a 28-year-old marketing manager said her reaction was simple: "It's just shock."

The jury's decision has turned liberal Massachusetts upside down.

Most people here oppose the death penalty. A recent poll done by WBUR, for example, shows 60% of voters living in Boston think Tsarnaev should be sentenced to life in prison.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32762999

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Boston in shock over Tsarnaev death penalty [View all] cali May 2015 OP

Most people in Maryland feel the same way. Koinos May 2015 #1

I am in Virginia and what Maryland did resonates with me. Raine1967 May 2015 #52

Death penalty isn't legal in Massachusetts, is it? PDittie May 2015 #2

No, it isn't. Not since 1984 sarge43 May 2015 #4

The answer to that is yes n/t PDittie May 2015 #11

You can make a case that enlightened individuals PCIntern May 2015 #3

Whenever I hear anyone advocating for the death penalty, I feel a strong impulse KingCharlemagne May 2015 #75

Very apt... PCIntern May 2015 #79

Too light a penalty. Jester Messiah May 2015 #5

Amen. n/t SylviaD May 2015 #8

Well we don't do that... Oktober May 2015 #9

+1000s DinahMoeHum May 2015 #13

Really? Why? What does suffering bring? Scootaloo May 2015 #55

Punishment, justice, and an object example. [nt] Jester Messiah May 2015 #74

Suffering is not justice. Suffering is a crude punishment. Suffering does not deter others. Scootaloo May 2015 #78

Those are certainly three assertions. [nt] Jester Messiah May 2015 #88

let's be sympathetic and just go with the death penalty samsingh May 2015 #67

it was a Federal jury.....not state irisblue May 2015 #6

That answer the question. Fed trumps state. n/t sarge43 May 2015 #7

I oppose the death penalty in 99% of cases... SylviaD May 2015 #10

Giving up to easily on your own beliefs. Agschmid May 2015 #18

Bullshit, either you are against it or for it. You are for it. Nice try. nt Logical May 2015 #19

Quoting simpleton George W Bush now? FLPanhandle May 2015 #27

Nope, not on the DP! Kill or not! Simple! nt Logical May 2015 #30

Life isn't simple FLPanhandle May 2015 #31

"no question of guilt" how clueless are you? Logical May 2015 #32

Do you think this guy is innocent? FLPanhandle May 2015 #34

I enjoy you justifying the DP so you feel better. Like I said, name another country that you.... Logical May 2015 #35

We are talking about this one particular case. FLPanhandle May 2015 #41

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and a bumper sticker reply FLPanhandle May 2015 #43

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Why are you so hostile to FLPanhandle? cwydro May 2015 #86

i oppose the death penalty 1000% of the time spanone May 2015 #21

I am against it when there is the remote chance the person is innocent. n/t SylviaD May 2015 #25

10,000% of the time. spanone May 2015 #26

That means you support the death penalty. City Lights May 2015 #22

I am not. I am only against it in all cases where a mistake could possibly be made. n/t SylviaD May 2015 #46

Which means you support it. Agschmid May 2015 #83

Peruse The finals of the innocence project dbackjon May 2015 #73

I feel the same way. nt woolldog May 2015 #81

It's barbaric marym625 May 2015 #12

a question irisblue May 2015 #14

Sorry, marym625 May 2015 #15

Won't catch any shit from me. That's pretty much my exact opinion on the matter. NuclearDem May 2015 #16

Thank you marym625 May 2015 #17

I agree with every word you've said. polly7 May 2015 #23

Thank you marym625 May 2015 #24

I don't want to see him tortured or killed. christx30 May 2015 #47

and if he were 24 or older marym625 May 2015 #48

19 years old is an adult. christx30 May 2015 #49

I said I would not respond to any shit marym625 May 2015 #50

I completely oppose the death penalty, but... TDale313 May 2015 #57

I'm not minimizing his crimes. marym625 May 2015 #59

I will add marym625 May 2015 #60

Agreed, totally. TDale313 May 2015 #61

Thanks marym625 May 2015 #63

Putting a murderer in prison christx30 May 2015 #66

That is not what I said, marym625 May 2015 #68

Hope he moves in next door to you phil89 May 2015 #53

That was completely unnecessary. DeadLetterOffice May 2015 #56

She came up with the scenario, not me. phil89 May 2015 #80

Lots of murderers have been paroled. Mariana May 2015 #87

I totally agree with you. Fantastic Anarchist May 2015 #28

Thank you marym625 May 2015 #29

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This message was self-deleted by its author marym625 May 2015 #37

"This man is worthless and needs to be hung, drawn and quartered" BuddhaGirl May 2015 #64

No shit from me either IVoteDFL May 2015 #38

Why thank you marym625 May 2015 #39

Bravo! (Brava!) - I salute your forthrightness and self-awareness. - nt KingCharlemagne May 2015 #77

+1 N/T IL Lib May 2015 #91

You've encapulated my view on this topic to a 'T' /nt Dem2 May 2015 #92

How do other progressive countries respond to that? Or do you like China, Iran, etc better? nt Logical May 2015 #20

Here's how Norway dealt with it. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #33

Tierra_y_Libertad Diclotican May 2015 #70

Not sure why they're shocked SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #40

Good point, the 'deck was stacked' against him. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #69

In a death penalty case SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #71

True, but once you start 'weeding out' people the jury is no longer really representive of Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #72

I don't support the death penalty. But I'll sleep well tonight. Eleanors38 May 2015 #44

Surprised me too, elleng May 2015 #51

Would have been same reaction in Michigan. roamer65 May 2015 #54

Anyone who supports the death penalty is no different than Tsarneav, or the freaks who supported him Xithras May 2015 #58

...and one cannot be a Christian and support the death penalty. roamer65 May 2015 #62

I do not believe that to be correct. harrose May 2015 #90

+1 BuddhaGirl May 2015 #65

Well, that seems like a well-reasoned, rational position. Jester Messiah May 2015 #76

There's nothing extremist about it at all, and it's the most rational of positions. Xithras May 2015 #85

What a mindless assertion. phil89 May 2015 #82

And labeling it as "JUSTICE" doesn't make it so either. Xithras May 2015 #84

Well he was an other who practiced another religion and committed a crime that got people killed. craigmatic May 2015 #89