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Evan HansenMay 15, 20152 min read

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Bombing
KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, www.nytimes.com

I can’t say I am surprised, but I am disappointed. The Boston bombing was a terrible crime, but I stand against the death penalty. Retribution is a powerfully sympathetic theory of justice, probably…

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Anindita B Sempere in The MessageMay 18, 20155 min read

Monster

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was not one of my students, but he was someone I would have happily snagged for my classroom. He was in the half of seventh…

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Darin Stevenson in The PivotMay 17, 20158 min read

Kill The Messenger

We’ve got Justice backwards, and the Gun is pointing at Us

JewlesMay 15, 20156 min read

The Making of Monsters

While I’m certain literally no one cares about my opinion on this, and undoubtedly better pieces on this topic are being crafted as I sit here, I want to say this: the Tsarnaev case is probably the case that has firmly cemented my stance in the “anti death penalty” camp. Before today my…

Daniel Roberts in I. M. H. O.Jul 17, 20137 min read

The misplaced outrage over Rolling Stone’s Tsarnaev cover

Winfred FieldsMay 20, 20156 min read

A Crimson Stain

His blood be on us.

I was watching The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a few weeks ago. The debate was…

AlexainieMar 20

Not much except narcissists have an inflated ego and a sense of entitlement.

Danna Colman

Cannot seem to be able to stare this thing with my brother in the face without coming apart at the seams a little. Did I ask before about you and your brother?

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Shilpa RaoSep 15, 20157 min read

When democracies make the wrong decisions

By denying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda Rights, and by conducting secret executions, citing prioritisation of public safety, USA and India — two torch-bearers for democracy — are jeopardising the very virtues they strive to protect.