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In reply to the discussion: Poll: After a fair trial - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be... [View all]alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)30. Very heinous
But not irredeemable.
I know my position is not in the mainstream on this.
Nevertheless. No parole punishments for 19 year olds are morally wrong, in my view, most of the time. To respond to somebody upthread, it's not a certainty what that "most" means, but I err on the side of charity.
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IF I were projecting an outcome I would have placed the options in the poll in a different order.
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#3
Keep in mind .... Innocent until proven guilty is how a judge and jury MUST view a suspect
Trajan
Apr 2013
#24
'for all but the most heinous cases' I know many poeple who'd raise their hand to vote
markiv
Apr 2013
#21
Life without parole, and given to psychological researchers as a guinea pig.
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#7
I saw a documentary a few years back that said that no one ever 'studied' Jeffrey Dahmer
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#27
Other: You know what's even better than justice for a murdered 8 year old?
napoleon_in_rags
Apr 2013
#11
I object. And since there's no judge here to rule on the objection that's that ;) n/t
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#39
Assuming guilt, imprisonment until rehabilitation or death. Whichever occurs first.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#16
You can't use that single case as evidence against the possibilities of rehabilitation.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#43
Even without a trial, he shot at police officers last night, 5 minutes before his capture.
Travis_0004
Apr 2013
#47
I think sending a 19 year-old boy who until recently was described by practically everyone as a
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#45
Federal public defenders have agreed to represent the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#67
More than likely he will end up at the Florence Supermax with the other terrorists.
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#68