How long should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get behind bars?

Started by merithyn, July 10, 2013, 02:40:01 PM

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Assuming he's found guilty *coughs*, how long should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get?

American - Death penalty
American - Life w/o parole
American - Life with possibility of parole
American - > 30 years, but not life
American - < 30 years
ROTW - Death penalty
ROTW - Life w/o parole
ROTW - Life with possibility of parole
ROTW - > 30 years, but not life
ROTW - < 30 years
Other - Share with the class, please
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derspiess

#16
July 10, 2013, 03:10:36 PM
Quote from: Jacob on July 10, 2013, 03:09:32 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 10, 2013, 03:00:34 PM
Who cares.

:huh:

I care. That's why I asked.

It was rhetorical.  You didn't need to answer.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#18
July 10, 2013, 03:14:07 PM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

garbon

#19
July 10, 2013, 03:14:10 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

DGuller

#21
July 10, 2013, 03:22:16 PM
I'm usually not a fan of American justice system, which sentences someone to 20 years in prison for exposing themselves in front of a urinal, and a lifetime registration as a sex offender afterwards, but in this case I think death penalty is clearly appropriate.

Eddie Teach

#22
July 10, 2013, 03:27:13 PM
Life sentence, with possiblity of parole(however unlikely it is to be used)
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Ed Anger

#23
July 10, 2013, 03:28:38 PM
Torn apart by the Boston mob.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

derspiess

#24
July 10, 2013, 03:34:40 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 10, 2013, 03:28:38 PM
Torn apart by the Boston mob.

Yeah, that'd work, too.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Zanza

#25
July 10, 2013, 03:35:22 PM
Life with possibility of parole. I would never rule out parole. Gives the possibility to grant a second chance.

garbon

#26
July 10, 2013, 03:45:26 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 10, 2013, 03:35:22 PM
Life with possibility of parole. I would never rule out parole. Gives the possibility to grant a second chance.

Perhaps if he gets plastic surgery and a new identity.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

merithyn

#27
July 10, 2013, 03:46:30 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 03:45:26 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 10, 2013, 03:35:22 PM
Life with possibility of parole. I would never rule out parole. Gives the possibility to grant a second chance.

Perhaps if he gets plastic surgery and a new identity.

Even with the possibility of parole, he won't be getting out in a very, very long time. By the time that he does, most people will have forgotten about what he did.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

garbon

#28
July 10, 2013, 03:49:34 PM
Quote from: merithyn on July 10, 2013, 03:46:30 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 03:45:26 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 10, 2013, 03:35:22 PM
Life with possibility of parole. I would never rule out parole. Gives the possibility to grant a second chance.

Perhaps if he gets plastic surgery and a new identity.

Even with the possibility of parole, he won't be getting out in a very, very long time. By the time that he does, most people will have forgotten about what he did.

Our media doesn't generally let us forget things that it finds sensational.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

merithyn

#29
July 10, 2013, 04:12:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 03:49:34 PM

Our media doesn't generally let us forget things that it finds sensational.

True, but the emotional response will be fairly muted by then.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...
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