March 22, 2021

"The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev..."

The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Trump administration, which carried out executions of 13 federal inmates in its final six months in office, including three in the last week of President Donald Trump’s term. The case won’t be heard until the fall, and it’s unclear how the new administration will approach Tsarnaev’s case. The initial prosecution and decision to seek a death sentence was made by the Obama administration.... Biden has pledged to seek an end to the federal death penalty, but he has said nothing about how he plans to do so.... In late July, the federal appeals court in Boston threw out Tsarnaev’s sentence because, it said, the judge at his trial did not do enough to ensure the jury would not be biased against him. The Justice Department had moved quickly to appeal, asking the justices to hear and decide the case by the end of the court’s current term, in early summer. Then-Attorney General William Barr said last year, 'We will do whatever’s necessary.'"

AP reports.

90 comments:

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

Set him free! and give him 10 voter registrations cards - No ID required. and free breakfast.

Jim Gust said...

How many millions of dollars are we wasting on this scumbag, keeping him alive for no reason? How much was spent on his medical care to save his worthless life?

There is no reasonable doubt about this guilt of this murderer. He should have been executed years ago.

Nonapod said...

Biden has pledged to seek an end to the federal death penalty, but he has said nothing about how he plans to do so

Campaign promises are just pillow talk. We've seen time and time again, you can promise just about anything when campaigning and there will be no shortage of marks who'll want to believe it. Like Darth Vader said to Lando, deals can aways be altered at a later date once power is achieved. People making over 400k will see a slight increase in their taxes. Oh wait... households making over 400k... and make that 200k.

narciso said...

Whats the holdup, put a bullet in him, easy peasy

Mike Sylwester said...

the federal appeals court in Boston threw out Tsarnaev’s sentence because, it said, the judge at his trial did not do enough to ensure the jury would not be biased against him

The judges on the federal appeals court in Boston oppose the death penalty, and so they will throw out all death sentences.

Abortion laws were thrown out the same way. Federal judges opposed abortion laws, and so federal judges simply threw the laws out, declaring that such laws violated the US Constitution's "emanations and penumbras".

iowan2 said...

the federal appeals court in Boston threw out Tsarnaev’s sentence because, it said, the judge at his trial did not do enough to ensure the jury would not be biased against him.

Isn't that a perfect backdoor for activists judges to assert their feelings while ignoring the rule of law? "Doing enough"? is jiberish not law.

And, quoting Biden is meaningless. He is incoherent and will never have to stand and defend any of his positions or policies or actions.

Hmm, as I type that last bit, dementia is a feature not a bug. NO ONE is responsible for whats happening.

Unless, somehow Americans make the Dems pay a price, Biden finishes the term. (I was going to say "finish his term" but there is no Joe there)

Howard said...

Jim Gust. I agree with your visceral reaction to this scumbag. When something is heard by SCOTUS, it has broad legal questions important beyond this one individual case. I don't care what that might be, but am interested in what comes out of it.

It may end up streamlining the Federal execution pipeline to significantly increase throughput. On the other hand, it might help reduce the likelihood of killing innocent people.

bleh said...

The Take Care clause, which is intended to restrain quasi-legislating by the executive branch, has become almost a dead letter since Obama. So the Biden administration might refuse to represent the government's position in SCOTUS. In this way and through other executive actions the Biden administration will attempt to quasi-legislate the end of the federal death penalty.

Big Mike said...

Just release him into the general prison population but spread rumors that he molests and murders children. No need for the cruciform gurney and final three drug cocktail.

Mikey said...

He's in the Florence ADX Supermax in Colorado. If I was as young as he is and was looking at life in prison in that place I'd be begging for the death penalty.

iowan2 said...

On the other hand, it might help reduce the likelihood of killing innocent people.

Have you got a spreadsheet of all those innocents executed? Spreadsheets are great tools for understanding big numbers.

iowan2 said...

Let me make myself crystal clear. I no longer support the death penalty.

The Death Penalty is a perfectly reasonable criminal justice tool. In the hands of a moral justice system that honestly administers the law.

The United States is no longer capable.

The justice system from the federal DoJ, down to the local Justice of the Peace and local police are too corrupt to be trusted with administering the Death Sentence.

Browndog said...

Kabuki theater.

The Court wouldn't have taken the case if it wasn't. Pretending to affirm law and order once in while to preserve legitimacy is about all they do anymore.

He's not getting executed.

They know it. We know it. They know we know it.

Curious George said...

I say strap him in. And light him up. But I'm old fashioned that way.

Tyrone Slothrop said...

Whatever the Court decides, it will be weak, anodyne, narrow and inconclusive. That's how the Roberts court rolls.

Lucid-Ideas said...

If there was any cosmic justice, someone would snap a mug of Rolling Stone's pretty boy on the slab after his organs have been turned to goo and 'leak' them on the web.

From pretty boy to pretty dead.

Bob Boyd said...

Sheesh. You blow up one marathon...

Mark said...

it’s unclear how the new administration will approach Tsarnaev’s case

That should properly read -- it’s unclear how the new Administration will interfere in Tsarnaev’s case.

We were told over and over and over that it was very wrong for the Trump Administration officials to interfere in the prosecutorial decisions of career DOJ attorneys.

Michael K said...

I see no chance that these people, Biden's ear piece, or Roberts will agree on a death penalty.

Jim at said...

Somebody should've shot the little shit when he was hiding in their backyard.

Bob Boyd said...

Serious questions:

What moral high ground does the federal government occupy today that makes it right for them to try to execute Tsarnaev or anyone?

If you believe Justice Dept and the FBI have shown themselves to be corrupt and dishonest, what right do they have to prosecute anyone for anything if they won't hold themselves and one another to the law?

How many commenters here could not imagine themselves ever voting guilty if they were on a jury for any federal trial regardless of the details?

Mattman26 said...

Thank you, Bob Boyd.

Gilbert Pinfold said...

He put an explosive-filled pressure cooker on the ground in front of an eight-year old boy. Keep that in mind.

Achilles said...

Let's see.

People want to give the Harris Administration the power to kill terrorists.

Hmmm...

What could possibly go wrong?

There is a train car waiting for you.

Achilles said...

Big Mike said...

Just release him into the general prison population but spread rumors that he molests and murders children. No need for the cruciform gurney and final three drug cocktail.


There is no good justification for a justice system that operates in this manner.

Not if you want a just society.

Bob Boyd said...

@Achilles re: 2:27

An excellent point. I could probably be considered a terrorist just for asking the questions above.
And, for the record, I didn't provide my answers to any of them.

Achilles said...

Bob Boyd said...

How many commenters here could not imagine themselves ever voting guilty if they were on a jury for any federal trial regardless of the details?


I haven't received a single jury summons that I had to show up to.

I think this is why.

Somehow they know.

Howard said...

Blogger iowan2 said...

On the other hand, it might help reduce the likelihood of killing innocent people.

Have you got a spreadsheet of all those innocents executed? Spreadsheets are great tools for understanding big numbers.


You tell me, I was just throwing up a couple possible potential outcomes. I'm super happy for your excel spreadsheet knowledge, thanks!

Joe Smith said...

I hope he gets his stimulus check before the kill him.

Wouldn't be fair otherwise.

Achilles said...

Jim Gust said...

How many millions of dollars are we wasting on this scumbag, keeping him alive for no reason? How much was spent on his medical care to save his worthless life?

There is no reasonable doubt about this guilt of this murderer. He should have been executed years ago.


Do you realize that there are millions of Biden Regime supporters saying exactly the same thing about us?

Gun Control, Open Borders, Organized political violence and police defunding, Voter Fraud...

And now you want them to be able to execute people more quickly.

C'mon man.

n.n said...

A summary judgment, then abort him. Planned Perp is a humanitarian choice. They could outsource the capital punishment to Planned Parent/hood.

Perhaps they could enlist the security officer from the Capitol execution who can shoot to kill an unarmed woman. There's also the infamouse FBI agent who followed up on Occupy the empty building and executed an old man in the middle of nowhere.

Joe Smith said...

Gotta protect those mass murderers Joe.

Now about those babies being ripped from their mothers...

Achilles said...

This is all stupid distraction anyways.

Bob Boyd said...

via Sharyl Attkisson on Twitter:

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/journalist-cant-sue-rod-rosenstein-for-illegally-spying-on-her-family-during-obama-admin-because-of-qualified-immunity/

n.n said...

Federal judges opposed abortion laws, and so federal judges simply threw the laws out, declaring that such laws violated the US Constitution's "emanations and penumbras".

The Twilight Fringe. The progress from the Great Leap to one-child to selective-child, and their Western counterparts. Different labels, same judgments and executions. And now a Great Society, a [Green] New Deal, to normalize the corruption and dysfunction on a forward-looking basis.

Joe Smith said...

"https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/journalist-cant-sue-rod-rosenstein-for-illegally-spying-on-her-family-during-obama-admin-because-of-qualified-immunity/"

"Bow to your sensei!"

Doesn't seem like we're 'the governed' anymore...more like 'the ruled' at this point.

rehajm said...

The justice system from the federal DoJ, down to the local Justice of the Peace and local police are too corrupt to be trusted with administering the Death Sentence.

Even though this one's a slam dunk, I concur. It's a Hawaiian judge or standing, laches, moot. We're no longer a nation of laws.

Rabel said...

The First Circuit overturn of the death penalty was by two Obama appointees and a dead guy.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Just put him @ shortstop at Fenway on Bat Day. They'll figure it out for ya.

Drago said...

Gilbert Pinfold: "He put an explosive-filled pressure cooker on the ground in front of an eight-year old boy. Keep that in mind."

That was a "spark of divinity" bomb and besides, it is likely western Christian Trump voters are really to blame.

Inga can explain it.

narciso said...

it's quite clear he is guilty, but he was enabled by mccabe who failed to put him on the watch list, who ignored the russian tips, who communicated with a a dagestani imam, who killed and maimed children, for him all due process, for others you need to make up a crime,

didn't everytown make his brother, a victim of gun violence, even though it was vehicular,

Drago said...

Did the lefties/LLR-lefties set up a GoFundMe for Tsarnaev and praise him like they did for Soleimani?

rehajm said...

Shortly after the incident some of the first responders passed around the slab photo of his dead brother and it was texted to me. Disturbing for sure but I'm told it was therapeutic for many of them. I suppose that's as good a reason as any to end his brother, too...

iowan2 said...

On the other hand, it might help reduce the likelihood of killing innocent people.

"Cum'on man" Name the names show me the evidence you used to reach your conclusion. Or, like all good leftist, you don't know anything but the talking points fed to you?

rehajm said...

Did the lefties/LLR-lefties set up a GoFundMe for Tsarnaev and praise him like they did for Soleimani

Was it Rolling Stone that glamorized him by calling him a tousled hair late-era Cobain? I think the leftie girls wanted to blow him...

Narr said...

It's irrelevant to me in this case that the USG is corrupt and incompetent-- the guy's incredibly guilty of Islamic assholery and the world will be better off without him.

In fact, I could easily see the new regime here being soft on Tsarnaev and his ilk and using their powers to crack down on us normals instead, law and simple logic be damned.

Narr
It's a power thang

Drago said...

rehajm: "Was it Rolling Stone that glamorized him by calling him a tousled hair late-era Cobain? I think the leftie girls wanted to blow him..."

Not just the lefty girls. There can be no doubt the LLR-lefties at The Facebook/Google NAMBLA Lincoln Project wanted to get close to him too....

William said...

It's tough to find a jury that isn't prejudiced against mass murderers. I blame Hollywood. Mass murderers and serial murderers are always depicted as evil in the movies and on television. Too little attention is paid to the more attractive qualities that many mass murderers have. Mass murderers are mostly peaceful people. They deserve to be judged not just on their occasional homicides but on the totality of their being and how well they photograph.

Scott M said...

Biden has pledged to seek an end to the federal death penalty, but he has said nothing about how he plans to do so

That's because Biden doesn't have a plan about how to get out of bed tomorrow morning. That's all handled for him. He'll probably start by opening some GITMO-type camps in Alaska and then those will be expanded and expanded and expanded and then, before you know it, "Papers, please?"

Big Mike said...

There is no good justification for a justice system that operates in this manner.

Not if you want a just society.


@Achilles, I don't recollect saying that there was and justification for our current prison system, featuring murder and homosexual rape of both sexes, or that I don't want a just society. But Donald Trump confirmed something I've long believed -- if you want progress (real progress, not the "Progressive" sort of progress that seeks to return us to the days when segregation was the law of the land, purely for the good of the black folks, donjya know?) then you need to get down into the gutter with the Democrats and fight them every bit as dirty as they fight.

lb said...

https://jamesfetzer.org/2015/05/they-didnt-do-it-maret-tsarnaev-blows-apart-the-boston-show-trial/

Whether or not this is true..I agree with Bob Boyd. Our government is not to be trusted.

Openidname said...

"Achilles said...

"There is no good justification for a justice system that operates in this manner.

"Not if you want a just society."

Of course not. I don't want to speak for Big Mike, but I view his post as a revenge fantasy, rather than a serious policy prescription. Ditto BUMBLEBEE's post.

The point is that a working justice system exists to prevent revenge fantasies from being formed (or if formed, from being carried out), by imposing timely, measured, and certain punishment.

Other commenters here clearly don't believe that's what's happening.

Big Mike said...

Openidname gets it.

n.n said...

Mass murderers are mostly peaceful people. They deserve to be judged not just on their occasional homicides but on the totality of their being

Yes, Planned Population protocols are a traditional choice to normalize progressive schemes and have been adopted by the most liberal secular societies over the democratic/dictatorial expanse. Wars without borders. Transnational terrorism. Coups without cause. [catastrophic] [anthropogenic] immigration reform. Diversity dogma, too. Extremely forward-looking, humane, urbane, day is night, one step forward, two steps backward.

n.n said...

journalist-cant-sue-rod-rosenstein-for-illegally-spying-on-her-family-during-obama-admin-because-of-qualified-immunity

Clinton, Obama, Rosenstein... qualified immunity.

Browndog said...

You can't execute those that make the cover of Rolling Stone

Which, is why they did it-

However, that's a separate matter.

I've been saying we are the most corrupt country on the planet for years. Reason being, countries that are more corrupt don't pretend they're the most noble among men.

In the aspect, we are becoming less corrupt. The political prosecutions of Jan.6 should open some eyes they are no longer trying to pretend.

n.n said...

Doesn't seem like we're 'the governed' anymore...more like 'the ruled' at this point.

Demos-cracy is aborted at the Twilight Fringe. Democracy is overwridden by judicial fiat in a progressive scheme of inclusive exclusion. Very colorful.

Josephbleau said...

Yes, the deal was that kin promised to not kill for vengeance as long as the state did it for them. That way the state maintained a monopoly on official violence. I don't care if the guy gets killed or not, but when the death penalty is finally snuffed out, the next democrat campaign issue will be that life in prison is too harsh, and they need to be out in 15 for murder 1. The criminals are a large democrat constituency.

I remember the old comedian routine- If you come to Texas and kill someone, we will kill you back!

tcrosse said...

They won't do away with the federal death penalty as long as Trump lives.

chickelit said...

Jim at said...Somebody should've shot the little shit when he was hiding in their backyard.

Bostonians invented "shelter in place" and that event was the first time I'd ever heard what became mainstay during COVID. Besides, Bostonians gave up private weapons long ago.

Browndog said...

chickelit said...

Jim at said...Somebody should've shot the little shit when he was hiding in their backyard.

Bostonians invented "shelter in place" and that event was the first time I'd ever heard what became mainstay during COVID. Besides, Bostonians gave up private weapons long ago.


Yea, but I think it was Sandy Hook was the first "shelter in place"...several gunmen on the grassy knolls surrounding the school, and what not.

Boston was the first time I saw military marching down residential streets, point rifles at people looking out their windows.

It was said at the time it was lock-down training for law enforcement.

Mark said...

the federal appeals court in Boston threw out Tsarnaev’s sentence because, it said, the judge at his trial did not do enough to ensure the jury would not be biased against him

Minneapolis doesn't have to follow a Massachusetts federal court, but the unique high profile nature of the cases is enough to endanger any Chauvin conviction.

tcrosse said...

Minnesota does not have the death penalty, which suggests that even a guilty verdict for Chauvin will not go down well with the SJW crowd.

Mark said...

We discussed sheltering in place after the 2007 VMI shooting and whether that was always the best thing to do. Some of the eighth graders I talked to considered that maybe they would act like the professor there who attacked the shooter.

Browndog said...

Mark said...

We discussed sheltering in place after the 2007 VMI shooting and whether that was always the best thing to do. Some of the eighth graders I talked to considered that maybe they would act like the professor there who attacked the shooter.


Ah, yes. Thanks for the reminder.

Gahrie said...

I have never understood the Left's obsession with saving the lives of convicting criminals while celebrating the death of the most innocent life of all.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Lesbians may go extinct.
We may finally execute this piece of trash.

I may start calling this the Good News Blog.

narciso said...

You think


https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/wife-suffers-miscarriage-day-fbi-raids-home-combat-veteran-husbands-presence-us-capitol/

Browndog said...

Gahrie said...

I have never understood the Left's obsession with saving the lives of convicting criminals while celebrating the death of the most innocent life of all.


Then you need to start thinking a little deeper about American communism and the long march against free market commerce, property rights, and individual liberty.

Mark said...

We discussed sheltering in place after the 2007 VMI shooting and whether that was always the best thing to do. Some of the eighth graders I talked to considered that maybe they would act like the professor there who attacked the shooter.

My mistake -- Virginia Tech shooting. The professor was Liviu Librescu, 76, who instead of hiding, physically prevented the shooter from entering the classroom, allowing many people to escape.

Mark said...

A lot of sheltering students were killed at Virginia Tech as it allowed the shooter to go room to room.

Birches said...

Some of the eighth graders I talked to considered that maybe they would act like the professor there who attacked the shooter.

I know one of the boys who did fight back a few years ago. Absolute heroes.

Mark said...

About that news story -- leave it to "experts" to go and try to screw everything up.

n.n said...

I have never understood the Left's obsession with saving the lives of convicting criminals while celebrating the death of the most innocent life of all.

You probably understand it. You can't reconcile it. They avoid it. The Pro-Choice religion of Progressive governments, institutions, organizations has benefits.

Mark said...

Waiting for a cafe, so --

Is everyone else like me creeped out by Lex Mayorkas?

Mark said...

Well, take comfort in the thought that Tsarnaev will be getting his stimulus check.

Browndog said...

Blogger Mark said...

A lot of sheltering students were killed at Virginia Tech as it allowed the shooter to go room to room.


A lot of sheltering cops allowed that to happen. Columbine, that Florida school, same thing.

400 cops from 18 agencies...following orders to stay safe.

narciso said...

Indeed

https://mobile.twitter.com/RepBrianMast/status/1372344500157247492

narciso said...

Parkland the sheriff, bailed but local pds volunteered

rehajm said...

Besides, Bostonians gave up private weapons long ago.

You'd be surprised...

Michael said...

Hang him in Fenway Park and charge a thousand for a ticket. Standing room only.

Browndog said...

Michael said...

Hang him in Fenway Park and charge a thousand for a ticket. Standing room only.


Works for me.

Dozens of marathon runners, that spent their entire lives being fit, happy and healthy, that now need wheelchair ramps to get into their house, agree.

Bob Smith said...

Mark said

“ Well, take comfort in the thought that Tsarnaev will be getting his stimulus check.”

Hard to say but I’ll bet he voted. Sarc off.

Michelle Dulak Thomson said...

Josephbleau,

I don't care if the guy gets killed or not, but when the death penalty is finally snuffed out, the next democrat campaign issue will be that life in prison is too harsh, and they need to be out in 15 for murder 1.

You're too late; that's already happening. Not 15-yr sentences for murder 1, but certainly claims that LWOP is too harsh. I read an Op-Ed to that effect (NYT or WaPo, forget which) only a couple of days ago.

Readering said...

Odds are Court takes to reverse.

Tina Trent said...

Courts are assholes.

Unknown said...

Oh...the Supreme Court has legitimacy again? When did that happen? Our entire system was upended by the massive fraud that installed an addled puppet into the White House.

The Supreme Court is a thing now? Marble columns crumble in time. We get to witness it.

Rob said...

If Biden can get Congress to eliminate federal death penalties, fine. But in the meantime there's something he can do without Congress: he can commute the sentence of all condemned federal prisoners to life in prison. As Obama could have but chose not to. All the federal prisoners executed during the Trump Administration, the prisoners whose executions were lamented so much by the left, could have had their death sentences commuted by Obama. Biden talks a good game, but will he exercise his power of commutation? Magic 8-Ball says, "Very doubtful."

Big Mike said...

Dozens of marathon runners, that spent their entire lives being fit, happy and healthy, that now need wheelchair ramps to get into their house, agree.

Wife of a friend was running in that marathon and was a block away when the bomb went off. She was fortunate that she wasn’t a couple seconds per mile faster.

Rusty said...

What Bob Boyd said @ 2:23.
Achilles said, "Not if you want a just society."
We don't have one now. For anyone not beloved by the elite the laws are designed to crush. For those in charge of the political machine and their friends there is nothing they can't get away with. So when there is no recourse in the courts. When your sentence is preordained by the conditions of your political philosophy. What is left? Armor up a CVAT D9 and run amok?