Random Thoughts on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Death Sentence

By Robert Farago

I’m with Bronze Star recipient and TTAG contributor Jon Wayne Taylor: the government should not be in the business of killing U.S. citizens. Capital punishment sets a bad precedent. Puts a death-dealing bureaucracy in place. Makes me, the son of a Holocaust survivor who’s grandparents were murdered by the Nazis, nervous. That said, I appreciate the benefits of executing terrorists and other uber-bad folks after a proper trial. Questionable deterrent effect aside, executions save money and take a bad guy bargaining chip off the table. Permanently. In the interest of compromise, here’s what I propose for shuffling Dzhokhar Tsarnaev off this mortal coil . . .

Have the jury that unanimously recommended the death sentence for Tsarnaev form a firing squad and shoot him to death. Let them implement their decision.

It’s one thing to say “give that guy a lethal cocktail” and quite another to aim your sights at another human being and pull the trigger. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be done. Or even that I wouldn’t do it personally. But if a jury’s going to take a life, I reckon it should be hands-on.

Talking about Tsarnaev’s death sentence, JWT and I agreed: there are people in this world who …read more

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