Why? What's the point?I think capital punishment should be painful. Not torturous or grotesque to watch, but painful.
Use their own theology to determine their punishment. Then we'll be acting within their own professed beliefs. It sure would turn the tables on the people who are bitching about the death penalty. Sharia law is very clear that he should be put to death. Do we really want to deny him his rights to have his religion freely practiced?Why? What's the point?
Because it's punishment, not euthanasia.Why? What's the point?
That's nonsense. If he wanted to be martyred, he wouldn't have let the best mitigation specialist on the planet represent him.In his mind, and the minds of many others like him, he's being martyred. That bugs me.
In his mind, and the minds of many others like him, he's being martyred. That bugs me.
We need a really good muslimesque stoning!That's nonsense. If he wanted to be martyred, he wouldn't have let the best mitigation specialist on the planet represent him.
He wouldn't have run back down Boylston street if he wanted to be martyred. This kid does not want to die, he wants his Xbox back.
We need a really good muslimesque stoning!
Matthew Levitt, a former FBI counterterrorism intelligence analyst and now a terrorism expert at The Washington Institute, said the death sentence will resonate differently around the world.
"Are jihadists going to look to him as some kind of martyr figure? The answer is likely yes. To a certain extent they already do," said Levitt, who testified for the prosecution at Tsarnaev's trial.
Nicholas Burns, a professor of diplomacy and international relations at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, cautions against underestimating Tsarnaev's influence among hard-liners bent on using violence — and a life sentence would have tamped that down.
"Tsarnaev is a criminal and a terrorist responsible for one of the most reprehensible attacks in Boston's history," he said. "I do fear that the death penalty could cause some Islamic terrorist groups to paint him as a martyr."
Lighten up, Wade!You're a fukking animal.
but you go to church, so youre a good christian.