Tsarnaev: Life or Death?

[Stinky The Clown]

Death for him would be quick. No long decades in jail. No anguish over what may have been. A few needle sticks, maybe some pain, and then its over.

Life for him would be pure and unrelenting agony. He could easily spend in the range of 60 years locked 23 hours a day in a cell without natural light. With no chance of parole, rehabilitation is a non issue.

It seems to me, given these two options, death is the easier sentence for him.

I find the SuperMax routine to be cruel and unusual punishment that borders on torture. I am opposed to the death penalty.

I am not, however, opposed to suicide. I don't wish it on anyone, but I can understand it. Maybe a solution in these sorts of cases is always life without parole, but with the option to be put to death at the prisoner's request.

We are imperfect. This is an example.

[Ms. Yertle]

1. Suicide is too easy

He has lost the right to make any choices. Ever again.

I am opposed to the death penalty, and I think super max is cruel and unusual; however, I am not opposed to an uncomfortable life (meaning no amenities) being warehoused in a prison, just waiting for a natural death.

He needs to spend the rest of his life in prison, and we don't need to waste any time, money, or other resources on rehabilitation, since he will never again be a free person.

JMHO

[Vinca]

2. Life without possibility of parole.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd rather be executed than spend decades confined in a cell.

[AngryAmish]

3. They will pay for my sons and the sons of Islam, permanently!!!”

The tears of their mothers will be fuel for them in hell,” continued the lengthy missive penned after Wednesday’s conviction of her younger son, 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime/angry-mother-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-u-s-pay-article-1.2179362

I never got a good reason why they allowed these nutters in the country in the first place.


As to the op's question, I say let him rot.

[hlthe2b]

4. When the parents of the youngest victim came out in opposition to the death penalty,

that should have spoken volumes, IMO.

[Iggo]

5. No death penalty ever.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Throw away the key.

[HereSince1628]

7. Society's primary interest is public safety

Life certainly would keep him away from the public.

[davepc]

8. Well life for him will mean a lifetime of solitary in SuperMax.

So its death or a lifetime of slowly being driven insane.