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lil · 3316 days ago · link · · parent · post: The parents of a boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing oppose the death penalty for Tsarnaev. Thoughts?
The family makes a good point. I'm against the death penalty for many reasons. If the death penalty is supposed to be a punishment, keeping him alive is probably a bigger punishment, and there's always the possibility of redemption, but I doubt he would last long in prison.As long as the defendant is in the spotlight, we have no choice but to live a story told on his terms, not ours,” they wrote. “The minute the defendant fades from our newspapers and TV screens is the minute we begin the process of rebuilding our lives and our family.