Boston Bombing, Boston Marathon April 15th

[squadops]

The only federal law regarding terrorism alone that warrants the death penalty is 18 U.S.C. 2332 Terrorist murder of a U.S. national in another country. Here is a list of all 41 Federal Capital Offenses. The WMD charge was not overkill, it was the charge required to make a capital offense case. 18 U.S.C. 2332a Murder by the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004927#41

Most federal crimes involve interstate or foreign commerce. Sex crimes, gangs, terrorism and immigration are all offenses included in the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act. Believe it or not, the charges have to be directly linked to commerce, that is the federal jurisdiction. So, the act had an effect on interstate and foreign commerce because of the money spent by participants, families, and spectators being jeopardized.

The secondary charge of deadly destruction of property is also directly related to commerce, the FBI claimed buildings near the finish line being businesses such as hotels and restaurants makes it a federal crime.

They first had to show the crime was federal and secondly they had to show the death penalty would apply. Like I said, under the state law the death penalty would not have been considered.

The only way to seek capital punishment in this case was to charge him with a federal WMD crime.

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[prisonermonkeys]

Why can't a conventional weapon be a WMD?

Because legally, that's a quagmire. If you could call a knife a "weapon of mass destruction", then you open up any number of possibilities that could see people prosecuted for extreme crimes that do not actually fit the offence.

 

[pokemonfan58]

So glad that they are finally sentencing him to death. Hopefully after this, there would be no more mentions about this on the news or on the radio as it bothers me. Yes I do feel bad for the people who passed away during the bombing and I think they've made the right choice to sentence him to death despite Massachusetts *which is where I live by the way* having no death penalty. Tsarnaev planning to bomb New York, giving a security guard the middle finger *think it was a security guard, please correct me if I'm wrong* yeah, that's all I have to say.

Funny he then apologizes after all the deaths he caused. Like no way sir will apologizing help.

 

[J00N10R]

The death penalty doesn't solve anything. They're giving him the easy way out. Put him in a hole for the rest of his life. Don't give him food or water, just let him suffer and think about what put him there until he dies.

 

[Slash]

Good. I hope that son of the bitch dies a slow painful death. You get what you give. Asshole. Rot in hell. He deserves it.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

If the death penalty is applied, it must be done humanely (ironic as that sounds). If he is deliberately made to suffer, he wins. You will be everything that he says you are. And if he successfully lowers you to his level, it will only inspire more like him.

There is a difference between justice and vengeance. Lowering you standards out of anger might bring you satisfaction, but it denies justice from following its course.

 

[Carbonox]

Rather than the clichéd death penalty, why not just make him spend life in prison - alongside all the other inmates?

Also, @prisonermonkeys, it's hard for this rat to "win" when he's no longer breathing.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Except that if he was made to suffer before dying for the sake of sating the thirst for vengeance within the public, he becomes a martyr for his cause. Which is what he wants.

 

[Adamgp]

At the very least I hope the prison chef spits on his last meal.

 

[ryzno]

Forget suffering, string him up from a tree, or shoot him in the head. Case closed.

Oh wait I forgot we're in America where we will have to pay for his food and shelter and LEGAL fees, for the next 5 years, while he appeales the sentence.
So no just get it over with...

 

[Sanji Himura]

The only federal law regarding terrorism alone that warrants the death penalty is 18 U.S.C. 2332 Terrorist murder of a U.S. national in another country. Here is a list of all 41 Federal Capital Offenses. The WMD charge was not overkill, it was the charge required to make a capital offense case. 18 U.S.C. 2332a Murder by the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004927#41

Most federal crimes involve interstate or foreign commerce. Sex crimes, gangs, terrorism and immigration are all offenses included in the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act. Believe it or not, the charges have to be directly linked to commerce, that is the federal jurisdiction. So, the act had an effect on interstate and foreign commerce because of the money spent by participants, families, and spectators being jeopardized.

The secondary charge of deadly destruction of property is also directly related to commerce, the FBI claimed buildings near the finish line being businesses such as hotels and restaurants makes it a federal crime.

They first had to show the crime was federal and secondly they had to show the death penalty would apply. Like I said, under the state law the death penalty would not have been considered.

The only way to seek capital punishment in this case was to charge him with a federal WMD crime.

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If they(the FBI) had interviewed the Russian government authorities who first put a ping on the brothers in the first place, the case to make it federal would have been nicely wrapped for them, as the brothers were radicalized to the point where the older sought out active training in known terror grounds.

The issue with the intelligence gathering is that it really doesn't trickle down to local authorities. 9/11 happened because the CIA had some intel and couldn't relay it to the FBI (and before you go and blame Bush, it was actually Clinton who initiated the policy), and therefore to the local authorities. Bush, to his credit, somewhat, compartmentalized the intel gathering into one Cabinet Level branch (Homeland Security).

 

[squadops]

If they(the FBI) had interviewed the Russian government authorities who first put a ping on the brothers in the first place, the case to make it federal would have been nicely wrapped for them, as the brothers were radicalized to the point where the older sought out active training in known terror grounds.

I'd like to see not only the proof of this, but also the federal law he could have been charged with that would yield the death penalty and not include the WMD charge.