Bomber Trial

From USA Today:
"Boston bomb victim feels liberated after testimony"

During opening statements Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb described the blast as a gory scene of carnage, perpetrated by a cowardly bomber. "The defendant's goal that day was to maim and kill as many victims as possible," Weinreb said. "He believed that he was a soldier in a holy war against Americans. He believed he had taken a step toward reaching paradise. That was his motive for committing these crimes." Defense lawyer Judy Clarke pleaded with the federal jury to approach the case with an open mind — and suggested Tsarnaev's brother, Tamerlan, was the mastermind of the April 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. Tsarnaev faces 30 charges in connection with blasts. He is also charged in the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer days after the bombings. Seventeen of the counts carry the death penalty. Tsarnaev is accused of conspiring with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed four days after the blasts as the brothers fled police. Hours after his brother's death, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found wounded and hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown, about 10 miles west of Boston.If the jury convicts Tsarnaev, the trial will move to a second phase to determine his punishment. The only two options available for the jury are life in prison or the death penalty.

 

^ He has admitted he helped wound and kill people at the Marathon. This should be an open and shut case. He admits his guilt and should receive the death penalty. I will never understand all those countries and people around the world who do not believe the death penalty should be used. I don't think it should be used for every crime, but it should be used in certain cases (ie multiple murders and terrorism.) The only "good" thing is that terrorism is a Federal crime and the Federal Government has the death penalty while Massachusetts (where the bombings took place) does not. ^

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/04/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-tsarnaev/24363039/