Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be put to death for the Boston Massacre?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Life in Prison with Parole after 20 years (which should be the maximum existing sentence IMO).

[Antonio the Sixth]

Life in Prison with Parole after 20 years (which should be the maximum existing sentence IMO).

The guy is committed to killing people. I don't support the death penalty, but releasing him is just as insane as killing him in my view.

If he hasn't reformed after 20 years, then he won't be released. But every person, even the most supposedly "evil", can change, and should be given a fair chance to prove they have reformed.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I guess I'm surprisingly very Christian in that regard, but I tend to believe that if anyone genuinely repents for their crime and actively try to do good, then they are deserving of forgiveness. In the end, it doesn't really matter, because I'm 100% sure Breivik will never repent, and probably Tsarnaev won't either. But, as a matter of principle, I think we must at least pay lip service to this possibility.

The only exception I would make is for crimes against humanity.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Lol

It's funny how much of a liberal bubble Atlas is. I mean, like I said before, I don't support executing him because I don't trust the US government, but it's just really funny to see the opinions here vs. the average person, who would probably not bat an eye at the suggestion that we publicly execute rapists, let alone consider any kind of leniency toward terrorists like Tsarnaev.

Who gives a sh*t what the "average person" thinks?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Says the guy whose views are further away from the American mainstream than almost everybody on this forum.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I think I have a more realistic view

Uh... good for you? Do you feel the need to tell everybody about how right you are and how wrong others are?