Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

[jon1959]

I am not in favour of the death penalty but on the other hand I am not a parent of the 8 year old he slaughtered! The money spent on keeping him for the next 50/60 years in nick would be definitely better spent elsewhere.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32757790

[goslow]

He will not be executed.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/31/american-pharma cists-association-votes-against-supplying-lethal-injection-d rugs.]

The firm that supplies the lethal drugs is based in London.

Wibble.

[goslow]

I am not in favour of the death penalty but on the other hand I am not a parent of the 8 year old he slaughtered! The money spent on keeping him for the next 50/60 years in nick would be definitely better spent elsewhere.

The parents of the 8 year old are opposed to the death penalty for him, although their reasons seem to be more about living with decades-long appeals than any objections on principle or moral grounds.

His 7 year old sister lost a leg.

[nathansfmachine]

I am not in favour of the death penalty but on the other hand I am not a parent of the 8 year old he slaughtered! The money spent on keeping him for the next 50/60 years in nick would be definitely better spent elsewhere.

Apparently it's more expensive to murder them than keep them locked up for x years.

Really that surprises me. Is this down to the cost of appeals etc?

[nathansfmachine]

I am not in favour of the death penalty but on the other hand I am not a parent of the 8 year old he slaughtered! The money spent on keeping him for the next 50/60 years in nick would be definitely better spent elsewhere.

Apparently it's more expensive to murder them than keep them locked up for x years.

Yes you are right I suppose but at times when things like this happen I do think that the money is best spent elsewhere. For example Ian Huntley will never be released so if he was executed the money saved on years of his keep could be spent in the public sector or even given to charities of the victims families choice.

[Mrs Steve R]

Fox news were creaming themselves over the result last night

There's got to be something wrong if Fox news are ecstatic over it.

[surge]

I am not in favour of the death penalty but on the other hand I am not a parent of the 8 year old he slaughtered! The money spent on keeping him for the next 50/60 years in nick would be definitely better spent elsewhere.

Apparently it's more expensive to murder them than keep them locked up for x years.

Not that I'm happy with it coming down to finances.

The most surprising countries that have retained the death penalty are places like Japan, India, Jamaica but I'm fairly sure neither they (or anyone else who has retained it) do so so they can spend the money on charity or the public sector. If I had to guess I'd say the money "saved" is probably spent on the process of killing more criminals.