BOMBING AT BOSTON MARATHON-GRAPHIC PHOTOS

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm starting to think they may not put him to death after all. I believe some consideration will be given to the victims and what they want.

I don't know if those victims who oppose the death penalty will have an opportunity to testify to that effect in the penalty phase. I think the Defense would be wise to call them, if so permitted.

Yesterday, the prosecutors showed this picture of Tsarnaev to the jury.


It was taken inside his cell as he was getting ready to be arraigned, 3 months after the bombing. The prosecutor told the jury that it was Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's message to America and that he deserves the ultimate penalty because, as the photo shows, he is "unconcerned, unrepentant and unchanged."

The prosecutor repeatedly called him a "willing" participant in the plot who was "callous and indifferent" to human life.

"You may hear about family dynamics, family history, family dysfunction," Prosecutor Pellegrini said. "But many people — millions of people, I would venture — face troubles throughout their lives. Who among them murders people with a bomb?"

Prosecutors have rejected defense attempts for a plea deal in the case, even though many of the bombing victims — and a majority of Bostonians — support a life sentence without parole.

Ref: http://news.yahoo.com/tsarnaev-middle-fi...20008.html