Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Well folks, he's been caught. Tonight brought an end, and the beginning of a sense of closure for Americans, to the Boston Marathon terrorist attack. One suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died as the result of a shootout over night and police took Dzhokhar Tsarnaev alive from a boat parked in Watertown, Mass. backyard just hours ago on Friday night. And now that he's been caught, it is time to expedite his trip to Hell by imposing the death penalty in a federal trial. Dzhokhar and his older brother Tamerlan are not "criminals" but rather enemy combatants and deserve to be treated as such.

Now, as several of you know from my previous posts I am a Catholic and pro-life. But I have always been for capital punishment, especially in cases like this. The death penalty needs to always be there as a threat for crimes against humanity such as this. Without it, all criminals (or enemy combatants in this case) face is life in prison with 3 meals each day, free healthcare, etc. Life in prison will not be enough to make up for the atrocities committed this week in Boston.

Three people were killed, including an 8 year old boy, somewhere around another 30 lost a limb or limbs, and in total over 180 were injured in the initial blasts on Monday. The suspects intentionally  placed that bomb in close proximity to Martin Richard with the knowledge that it would probably kill him. They showed absolutely no mercy or compassion for him or any of the other blast victims. And then during the manhunt Thursday night and early Friday morning they shot and killed police officer Sean Collier from MIT and another police officer.

What about these actions warrants that Dzhokhar be kept alive? What part shows that he deserves any compassion from us? If it weren't for the chance that he may have valuable answers and information about terror plots against the United States, I would've preferred he were shot dead in that boat. Dzhokhar does not deserve to be kept alive for the next 60 or more years on the taxpayers' dime. What good would that do anyone? Why should his actions be rewarded with life in prison?

He should be interrogated about why and how his brother carried out this attack, tortured for any additional information about terror threats that he may have, and then be put to death. It is as simple as that. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has no respect for the sanctity of human life, so why should we respect his life?

Jimmy Williams