The bomber Dzhokhar Carnajew sentenced to death – Politics

The explosions killed three people – including an 8-year old boy – and wounded more than 200 people. 17 of them lost their legs or hands. The terrorist act jointly with his older brother Tamerlane, who was killed shot while police pursuit. Dżohar explained that the attack was retaliation for the killing by US forces of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Massacre in Boston caused a shock in America – it was the first so spectacular and “successful” terrorist attack since 9/11 attacks . The FBI and local police thwarted so many other attempts, it seemed that the problem of terrorism in the country ceases to exist. Attack during the marathon staggered sense of security, strengthening after the liquidation of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.

Judgment on Carnajewa fell federal court, because it is under federal law, it is believed these terrorist crimes, including murder. If the process was pending before the state, the perpetrator would face the death penalty because the Code of Massachusetts does not.

Jurors were residents of this state – which most residents preferred to Carnajewa life imprisonment – but chosen so as to eliminate Persons declaring opposition to the death penalty. It is interesting that support for this punishment – as demonstrated by recent Pew Research Center – decreases throughout the United States. In this case, however, still he won the US-biblical tradition of “an eye for an eye”. Judges did not convince the defenses that Carnajew is young and acted under the influence of an older brother. He showed no remorse – even went through the media his image from a video camera, where jihadist shows middle finger in prison.

This does not mean that Carnajew certainly die of assigned him a lethal injection. And in any case it will not happen soon, because the lawyers promise to appeal. The case could drag on for years, like most similar in the US, where he questioned nearly 80 federal death sentences and only 3 were performed.

In addition to the prison where executions carried out have trouble with poison injection, since when Europe America has forbidden her to deliver.