For many reasons, Tsarnaev should not get the death penalty
April 15, 2015
Filed under Featured Stories, Opinion
Despite the horrifying nature of his crimes, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty last Wednesday of all 30 counts he faced for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, should not be given the death penalty. Tsarnaev and his late brother, Tamerlan, were responsible for the deaths of four people and the...
Dzokhar Tsarnaev deserves to die
February 5, 2014
Filed under Opinion
Mixed reactions met the Justice Department’s announcement that it would seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the alleged terrorists behind the Boston Marathon bombing. Though Massachusetts banned the death penalty 30 years ago, Tsarnaev will be tried under federal law. Timothy McVeigh,...
Dealing with the death penalty
September 29, 2010
Filed under Inside the Journal, Opinion
The first murder in 100 years Sarina Tracy Journal Staff “Two wrongs do not make a right,” is a proverb that most kids can trace back to their childhood. In this day and age, however, it seems as if our government’s “mom” is missing, because this message has yet to infiltrate their judic...
