"We" are now embarking on the ungodly expensive, totally pointless, utterly ridiculous process of pretending to justify an execution that will NEVER, under any circumstances take place. This is truly American criminal jurisprudence at its worst (excepting of course criminal misconduct by officers of the court).
Tsarnaev will be convicted after months of pointless machinations, and the jury may even say "yes" to execution, but in the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts, the execution will never, ever happen.
Prosecutors could have negotiated a plea bargain many months ago, which would have spared the Commonwealth and the Nation's journalists and readers millions of hours of pointless handwringing, but instead we will have this charade, which does nothing more than showcase to America and the World that our criminal justice system can be manipulated to the point of absurdity, and we are powerless to stop it from happening.
Tsarnaev will be convicted after months of pointless machinations, and the jury may even say "yes" to execution, but in the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts, the execution will never, ever happen.
Prosecutors could have negotiated a plea bargain many months ago, which would have spared the Commonwealth and the Nation's journalists and readers millions of hours of pointless handwringing, but instead we will have this charade, which does nothing more than showcase to America and the World that our criminal justice system can be manipulated to the point of absurdity, and we are powerless to stop it from happening.