So by supporting the death sentence implies that I condone the torture of another human? I believe that some people have no right to be in this world if they have such intentions. I think that the five lives lost are far more important than Dzhokar's. It's not done for amusement.
I'm not entirely against the death penalty. I think it's pointless and makes our nation come off as barbaric, but ultimately it doesn't anger me because the people who get sentenced to death have no business on this planet anyway.
However, if you're going to support the death penalty, at least be straight about why you're doing it. The two reasons that people support the death penalty are
revenge and
amusement. The families of the Boston bombing victims want him dead so that they can feel like their loved ones' deaths are 'avenged'. Likewise, everyone else wants him dead so that they can chuckle and mutter to themselves, "Hah, bastard got what he deserved!". The point of the justice system is to do neither of those, but rather to isolate dangerous people from the rest of society. Both life imprisonment and execution accomplish that, but execution is far more expensive (by account of all sources).
Call me a moron, but why should an execution cost billions or millions? Get a rope, and the job is done.
Because the needed standard for evidence in a criminal trial scales directly with the punishment that the defendant will receive. The death penalty is inherently permanent, so a proper trial requires lots of lawyers, witnesses, and many many hearings. There's also much stricter criteria for what receives a death penalty versus regular old life imprisonment.
Seeing as how most people are well aware of your history, maybe asking for lynchings isn't the best idea.
