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[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

I don't think Cost should be a determining factor in this decision.

I think most US citizens would justify their tax money going to his death in this situation.

 

[Macho Madness]

Jurors say in clear voices "YES" when asked if this was their true verdict.

 

[Kinyou]

His brother, so it's hard to nail him down on something that his brother did I think.

Ah I see. Makes sense

 

[Piggus]

Lame. This shithead will get years of appeals before he's actually killed.

 

[Abraxas]

I thought he would get life. I personally would've taken death if I was him.

 

[cirrhosis]

ADX would have been worse. He's getting off easy.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

As conflicted as I am on the death penalty, I can't say that I'm upset about this outcome.

 

[LyleLanley]

I can't see a single upside for going with death penalty other than some sick revenge satisfaction.

While I disagree with the death penalty, I'm not sure there was upside to be found in either outcome. The guy's 21(I think), life in the prison he would've been sent to is arguably a fate worse than death.

 

[Coins]

Yay. Fuck you terrorist piece of shit. Hope the criticisms of lethal injection are true for him.

 

[Blader]

I can't see a single upside for going with death penalty other than some sick revenge satisfaction.

In this case, life in supermax would have been no different in that regard.

 

[Ferrio]

While I disagree with the death penalty, I'm not sure there was upside to be found in either outcome. The guy's 21(I think), life in the prison he would've been sent to is arguably a fate worth than death.

Exactly.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Godamnit. This is bullshit.
Should be life in prison.

 

[msdstc]

While I disagree with the death penalty, I'm not sure there was upside to be found in either outcome. The guy's 21(I think), life in the prison he would've been sent to is arguably a fate worth than death.

So what would you recommend? no second chances with something like this.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

While I disagree with the death penalty, I'm not sure there was upside to be found in either outcome. The guy's 21(I think), life in the prison he would've been sent to is arguably a fate worth than death.

It's not like he's going to be executed tomorrow. The guy will be on death row for years and years. He'll get his fair share of comeuppance while he's waiting for the injection.

 

[The Albatross]

I can't see a single upside for going with death penalty other than some sick revenge satisfaction.

I'm generally against the death penalty (and was sort of hoping against it in this case too), but for what it's worth, I can't see a single upside for going with a life sentence either. When you're talking about somebody who attempted to murder hundreds, if not thousands fo people, and successfully maimed or murdered dozens more, there is no upside, period.

 

[GSG Flash]

I'm against the death penalty in general. This asshole is getting exactly what he wants, the easy way out.

Life in prison is a far worse punishment IMO, you have your whole life to think about what you did.

 

[ginger ninja]

Good.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I can't see a single upside for going with death penalty other than some sick revenge satisfaction.

I'm not for a death penalty but I also wouldn't call everyone 'sick' for wanting him dead. I can't fault a victim for finding peace in the death of the monster who hurt them.

 

[BFIB]

It's not like he's going to be executed tomorrow. The guy will be on death row for years and years. He'll get his fair share of comeuppance while he's waiting for the injection.

This is federal court. He won't rot for decades. It will be within the next year or two after the inevitable appeal process.

 

[KingSnake]

While I disagree with the death penalty, I'm not sure there was upside to be found in either outcome. The guy's 21(I think), life in the prison he would've been sent to is arguably a fate worth than death.

Which is the whole point. A life in prison might be more frightening than death for others who might want to do what he did. Especially when death supposed to be rewarding for them.

 

[msdstc]

I just don't understand people like him, no matter how often you read about it, it still drives me insane. He sits there squirming and uncomfortable due to the verdict... how the fuck do you think those families feel about what you did asshole.

 

[Ferrio]

Great society, we'll kill people who did horrible acts and it gives them the easy way out. Yet some person dying of a horrible disease aren't allowed to choose death.

 

[SliceSabre]

I cannot in good faith approve of him getting the death sentence or anybody else. I simply refuse to support it under any circumstances. But the desire for revenge runs deep in this country so I'm not surprised.

 

[Subpar Spatula]

Bloodlust prevails.

 

[LiK]

Good, fuck him.

 

[Sheroking]

Expect he'll live to see the death penalty abolished in Mass.

 

[_woLf]

The kid is super young, death penalty is an easy way out for him. Life in prison would have let him think about what he did.

 

[Macho Madness]

Expect he'll live to see the death penalty abolished in Mass.

Already is.

This is a federal case.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

I was torn on which way this should go.

1, he should suffer as long as possible. 60 years or so of being alone basically at all times, would be a pretty good punishment.

2, cost of keeping him alive all those years would suck.

I think death is best way, I guess.

 

[Blader]

Exactly.

Exactly what? If your issue is that killing him just lives out a sick revenge fantasy, locking him away in ADX Florence for the next 50-60 years is just as much so. There's no aim for rehabilitation in a life sentence, it'd be solely to make him suffer.

 

[ActStriker]

Expect he'll live to see the death penalty abolished in Mass.

We don't have the DP here.

 

[old manatee]

I don't think the death penalty has any place in a civilized society.

 

[The Albatross]

Great society, we'll kill people who did horrible acts and it gives them the easy way out. Yet some person dying of a horrible disease aren't allowed to choose death.

"it gives them the easy way out"

Who's the one with the sick revenge factor now? What would you prefer, torture or having scorpions dropped on his head or something?

Expect he'll live to see the death penalty abolished in Mass.

We don't have the death penalty here, but he's been tried federally anyway.

 

[LyleLanley]

So what would you recommend? no second chances with something like this.

I have no recommendation. I'm just saying that I oppose the death penalty in general but perhaps in this occasion it's the more humane option.

I can't imagine what it's like to be on a jury that sentences a man to death.

 

[adj_noun]

I thought he would get life. I personally would've taken death if I was him.

Given life in supermax as the alternative? Yeah, sometimes I wonder which I would choose.

I mean, on the one hand you get a quick, clean death preceded by years of appeals. On the other, you see your entire life stretching before you, 23 hours a day in a cell, dying by inches.

 

[Ferrio]

"it gives them the easy way out"

Who's the one with the sick revenge factor now? What would you prefer, torture or having scorpions dropped on his head or something?

I don't want him tortured, raped or whatever. I do want him to have a lot of time to think about what he did.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

Man fuck that. He should rot in adx living out his pathetic life in the worst possible way.

 

[Blader]

Expect he'll live to see the death penalty abolished in Mass.

Mass has no death penalty, this is a federal case.

 

[Bigboss242]

Great society, we'll kill people who did horrible acts and it gives them the easy way out. Yet some person dying of a horrible disease aren't allowed to choose death.

This is America after all.

 

[GregLombardi]

I don't think the death penalty has any place in a civilized society.

What he did was far from civilized. That said, I hoped they would spare him and tend to agree it doesn't solve problems.

 

[entremet]

I'm anti DP, but I can't shed tears for a someone who took the lives of 3 innocent people and probably hoped for more.

 

[Sheroking]

Already is.

This is a federal case.

We don't have the DP here.

Interesting detail I hadn't heard.

Still think there's a real chance it's abolished entirely before he faces the needle.

 

[ginger ninja]

While I understand people's concern, I do think death penalty is fair punishment for some cases and this being one of them. And it's not about no revenge either.

 

[IronRinn]

This is federal court. He won't rot for decades. It will be within the next year or two after the inevitable appeal process.

Sure he will. According to the reporter on the feed I listened to, the Feds have only executed 3 people since the 70s, including McVeigh who agreed to be executed.

 

[turtle553]

I'm against the death penalty in general. This asshole is getting exactly what he wants, the easy way out.

Life in prison is a far worse punishment IMO, you have your whole life to think about what you did.

People find their own levels of happiness no matter the circumstances. You get used to whatever you have to deal with.

 

[Vilam]

Fuck this shitlord. I wish he'd gotten life in ADX; it's a worse punishment.

 

[dakun]

i haven't followed the case too closely.. any word on whether the families of the victims wanted the death penalty?

 

[BobTheFork]

I was hoping we were better than this.

Better than what? Him? Unless the Jury sentences a bunch of other random people to die with him, this doesn't somehow lower society.

If they sentenced him to die from a nail bomb then sure but I don't think you can equally put death from a court case next to what he did.

He's going to have his appeal and when the time comes, they will kill him as quickly and painlessly as they can which is more than anyone else got from him.

It's not about eye for an eye either. What he did can't be repaid. His act was judged so egregious that in willfully doing so, he gave up his right to continue living.

I didn't advocate the death penalty in this case but it sure as hell doesn't lower anyone to a murderous man like him. He doesn't need to be around for another 50 years while he talk about him. It's not glorious or pretty but he needs to be gone and forgotten.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I'm anti DP, but I can't shed tears for a someone who took the lives of 3 innocent people and probably hoped for more.

4 people

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Given life in supermax as the alternative? Yeah, sometimes I wonder which I would choose.

I mean, on the one hand you get a quick, clean death preceded by years of appeals. On the other, you see your entire life stretching before you, 23 hours a day in a cell, dying by inches.

And apparently the death penalty is seen as the more inhumane of the two. Go figure.