so what's his beef? Screw him.

and I grew up around the corner from the boat in Watertown...

But he has no right to have his trial moved from Massachusetts where he perpetrated his crimes, imho. At least I hope not. He would get a fair trial here. No doubt about it.

I expected better from DU...

That entire incident was a clusterfuck from start to finish.

for shoplifting, he was completely dependent on that asshole brother.

So yeah, the victims weren't given any consideration. However, what this kid's life was like with Mr. Jihad, his older brother, should be explored.

I'm a bleeding heart liberal in this one. Do I think he should be released? Oh, HELL no. I think the DP should be off the table, though.

Mass. doesn't have it.

Maybe he should ask to have it moved to NM. We got rid of it, finally.

I’m ok with this kid not getting the death penalty. I don’t care about his rights, you understand. But as young as he is he has royally screwed up his life. He’ll never get married. He’ll never have children. Never do anything productive. He will be in a cage forever.
You sentence him to death, and you give him something to do. He’ll be working with his lawyer on his endless appeals. You sentence him to life without the possibility of parole, and he has nothing to do except breathe and try to escape prison rape for one more day. All of his decisions for the rest of his life will be made by someone else. And as young as he is, that is going to be a long time.

If the evidence shows him to be guilty, it will be just as convincing in DC as it would be in Boston.

If I were on his defense team, this would have been the first motion I filed. If he gets a Boston-based Jury, he's dead before the opening gavel falls.

I think when he get's a Jury based out of anywhere, he's dead* before the opening gavel falls.

* I am hoping "dead" translates into life in Florence ADMAX with Terry Nichols and Zacarias Moussaoui.

but the judge does not have to grant the motion unless they can prove a substantial disadvantage in Boston. I frankly don't think it will matter. I also hope he doesn't get the DP.

settle with the City of New York.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014829910

Even before their trial, it was obvious that these young men -- really boys at the time of the crime -- were guilty. They all confessed. The whole thing was in the newspapers. There were no two sides to it. Then they were tried and convicted. Guilty.

It was obvious that they were guilty until they'd served most or all of their sentences and then the real rapist confessed and DNA tests were run and their cases were brought back to court and their convictions were vacated.

I am not convinced that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is guilty. Not saying he's innocent, just that picture we get is only the one we're shown, and it may not tell the whole story.