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Question: would you rather see Dzokhar Tsarnaev go free or go without a civilian trial?
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I would rather see him freed, released back into population with no criminal record		  
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I would rather see him labeled 'enemy combatant' or some such, placed in overseas CIA prison and handled through military tribunal system or not at all		  
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« on: April 22, 2013, 06:50:48 PM »
would you rather see Dzokhar Tsarnaev go free or go without a civilian trial?
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2013, 06:53:37 PM »
What a stupid question.


Would you rather live in totalitarian Nazi Germany or anarchic Somalia?
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2013, 06:57:51 PM »
I think you should be ashamed to call yourself an American if you have such little faith in our criminal justice system that you think anything less than shipping him off to Gitmo will result in simply letting him walk out the door with no consequences.

Believe it or not, plenty of American citizens kill and rape and create havoc and are suitably punished for their actions. I don't know why the courts wouldn't suitably punish this guy.
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2013, 07:09:05 PM »
« Edited: April 22, 2013, 07:13:35 PM by Starwatcher »
Especially since, unless it's proven that he was following the orders of some international terrorist organization or foreign government... he's basically a Timothy McVeigh or Eric Rudolph who happens to be Muslim.
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2013, 07:16:24 PM »
Quote from: Starwatcher on April 22, 2013, 07:09:05 PM
he's basically a Timothy McVeigh or Eric Rudolph who happens to be Muslim.

And if this bombing had happened in 1983, he would be referred to as a Russian.
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2013, 10:42:29 PM »
The latter.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2013, 10:44:02 PM »
Why would he go free?
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2013, 11:10:50 PM »
Yes, all terrorist should be free to kill people in america.

Troll question deserves a troll answer.
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2013, 11:51:22 PM »

Because our justice system has such a low conviction rate.
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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2013, 12:04:53 AM »
Quote from: Lloyd Bentsen's Ghost on April 22, 2013, 06:57:51 PM
I think you should be ashamed to call yourself an American if you have such little faith in our criminal justice system that you think anything less than shipping him off to Gitmo will result in simply letting him walk out the door with no consequences.

Believe it or not, plenty of American citizens kill and rape and create havoc and are suitably punished for their actions. I don't know why the courts wouldn't suitably punish this guy.

point missed.
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2013, 12:07:57 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2013, 12:28:38 AM »
Both options are nuts.
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2013, 12:43:45 AM »
False dichotomy is false.
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2013, 12:53:45 AM »
I'd rather see him go free and Tweed tried as an enemy combatant.
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2013, 02:51:50 AM »
It would be very disturbing for someone arrested in the US to not have the right to a proper trial. And citizenship is irrelevant.

On a philosophical level, letting a guilty man go free is actually preferable than denying basic rights. Not on a practical level, and we "know" he's guilty, but this is something we just shouldn't start with.

Perhaps one of the times I've been most grateful that Obama, not McCain, is in the White House.
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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2013, 03:52:47 AM »
If he gets acquitted, the prosecutor should be labeled an enemy combatant.
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2013, 08:39:24 PM »
Option 2, because I think he might still be dangerous if freed (I had to think about it though).
However, this:
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2013, 09:02:03 PM »
Option 1. Due process is sacred.
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