Via the Examiner, they’ve hit him with just two counts thus far, one of which is conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (i.e. an IED) against persons or property in the U.S., but that’s enough for a death sentence if the DOJ chooses to seek it. I sense some anger on the right that the feds aren’t treating him as an “enemy combatant,” but I think that has more to do with the condemnatory power of that term than the legal consequences flowing from it. Terrorism is qualitatively different from common crime in its political motivation and so people want Tsarnaev to be treated qualitatively differently by the justice system. That’s also what drives much of the objections to Mirandizing terrorists, I think: It’s not that Miranda will matter hugely in determining whether he talks, it’s that by Mirandizing him you’re treating him like a common criminal rather than a man who’s declared war on the United States.
What about the presumption of innocence? Tsarnaev isn’t considered guilty of terrorism until he’s been tried and convicted – in a court, with full due process.
My concern is not for Tsarnaev, it is for the Constitution and the rule of law. Give him his rights, dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s. Give him a fair trial before a jury of his peers. Let them find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, then allow him to make whatever legal appeals he can.
Then strap him down, shove a big needle in his arm and pump his ass full of bye-bye juice.
The Crawdad Hole 
maybe when the anger calms down and people remember that the Constitution trumps all, most Americans will agree with you
Yeah, there’s a lot of misdirected stupidity out there. But the Klown is right. If the scumbag doesn’t receive his rights, how can we be sure we’ll receive ours?
I do. 🙂
Anger is for lynch mobs. Justice is dispassionate.
Let’s give Tsarnaev a full measure of justice.
Most of those seeking the combatant desination don’t understand that usually brings about a much, much weaker sentence. Like Release For Time Served.
This will be interesting to watch from a civil rights and legal point of view because it’s an internal case. The talking heads on both sides will spout all the same predictable crap, but it will be educational to read about the process here.
This enemy combatant stuff is unfortunate. Sure, there’s a public safety issue. We want to see if there are other bombs, other people involve, etc. But then let’s get on with the justice system. It works pretty well.
(from an earlier thread)
National Security Case Record.
Court system = 51now serving life or awaiting execution;
Guatanamo= 3 released time served.
It should be a no-brainer.
Folk singer Richie Havens, star at Woodstock Festival, has died at age 72, per his agency – @RootsAgency
I always thought that Sha Na Na were the stars at that show. But my mom wouldn’t let me go so I only got to see the movie.
Didn’t go to Woodstock, but did go to Sha Na Na concert. It was almost as much fun as Jimmy Buffet at Fenway Park.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/22/fbi-missed-tsarnaevs-russia-trip-because-misspelli/
for the want of a nail
Really? Whenever I traveled overseas my documents were scanned. How does one misspell a barcode? This – among many other things – stinks.
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/04/22/members-of-congressional-vegetarian-caucus-told-kids-eating-junk-food-responsible-for-school-shootings/
we are paying these people
It would probably be different if gas prices were down under $2 gallon.
how many years have states collected gasoline taxes supposedly for infrastructure and used it for other things?
ever see a tax go away?
Ooga, ooga.
“conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction”
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That designation should reserved for weapons of mass destruction not IED’s or a 30 round mag, etc. etc. With the trend in loose interpretation of laws and a wink, wink at the Constitution, “it’s only a piece of paper”, it’s not a big step from “enemy combatant” to “enemy of the State”. And in the race to that possible outcome, the Vile Progs are ahead.
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/04/canadian-terrorist-plot-foiled-arrests-made/
terror on a train
“The two men are charged with “receiving support from al Qaeda elements in Iran” to carry out an attack and conspiring to murder people on a VIA railway train in the greater Toronto area, Assistant Police Commissioner James Malizia said.”
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al Qaeda in Iran??? now that is something that make no fucking sense.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/22/us/tsarnaev-court-appearance.html?hp&_r=0
bomber’s bedside hearing transcript
I care about the Constitution and the rule of law too, but I think this particular terrorist could have some value as an informant. I’d like to see more charges, dozens of charges, at both the Fed and state level, but I think we have something to gain from keeping him alive. I don’t believe for one minute that these two were lone wolves.
Naturally people want the DP, but I that’s so quick and I don’t think it brings closure. We can’t execute him enough, we really can’t do anything to make up for all those deaths and missing limbs and a lifetime of trauma.
I read a comment by a Bostonian and apparently many of them have taken to calling the brothers “Speedbump” and “Stoner”……I like the name speedbump, but I sort of like “Shitbag” better than stoner. However I don’t live in Boston so I’ll defer to the names they’ve chosen.
LI has the full document of charges:
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/04/unsealed-complaint-and-affidavit-u-s-v-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/
He was also Mirandized.
I’m praying with faint hope I’ve never voted for an idiot that supported a political asylum law that allows sanctuary seekers to flout the customs and traditions of “sanctuary”. But Wiki-ing the subject matter shows I’m wrong. We are sooooooo stupid! Instead of giving the world’s outcast a hand, we give them a legacy. Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dum……
Back in the day, the one granted asylum could never return to the place fled from except for their execution. And why would they desire to go back?