Jury Deliberating Tsarnaev's Fate
The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial is done for the day after deliberating for about 50 minutes. The jury got the case Wednesday afternoon after final instructions from a federal judge......
View ArticleU.S. Attorney Calls Tsarnaev Verdict "Just And Fair"
The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts says the jury has spoken and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev "will pay with his life" for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing. Carmen Ortiz called the verdict reached Friday,...
View ArticleBombing Victims Speak Out After Tsarnaev Verdict
A Boston jury says Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his crimes. The jury in his trial made their decision after weighing the facts of the case. They had deliberated for 15...
View ArticleTsarnaev Seeks New Trial
Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev is asking for a new trial. Tsarnaev's lawyers filed an appeal on Monday, saying he didn't get a fair trial because of the trial's publicity. Among the...
View ArticleNo to Bringing Back the Death Penalty in MA [Video]
Fresh off the recent senseless murder of a Massachusetts Police officer, Governor Charlie Baker believes it's time to debate and possibly re-institute the death penalty in the Commonwealth. The death...
View ArticleMitchell: Gannon Murder Shows Judges Are 'Losing Credibility'
The murder of Yarmouth Police Sergeant and New Bedford native Sean Gannon has Mayor Jon Mitchell once again asking why judges keep allowing repeat criminals back on the streets. Continue reading…
View ArticleOPINION | Barry Richard: Baker Balks on Death For Cop Killers
Massachusetts' tough-talking RINO Governor Charlie Baker continues to talk the talk without walking the walk after apparently balking on his call for the death penalty for cop killers. Baker, like most...
View ArticleMassachusetts Lets Another Police Officer Die [OPINION]
Massachusetts has had another police officer murdered. The citizens and the politicians need to look in the mirror and take some blame for these deaths. Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Bedford Police's Own Fallen Officer [OPINION]
The city of New Bedford, MA has lost one police officer in the line of duty to a violent criminal. Officer James England was murdered on September 14, 1955. Continue reading…
View ArticleOPINION|Chris McCarthy: Mass GOP Supports Death Penalty
Prior to the murder of Yarmouth Police Officer Sean Gannon, the Mass GOP supported the death penalty in its party platform. Continue reading…
View ArticleIs it Time to Terminate the Death Penalty?
I've changed my thinking about supporting the death penalty. It's not because of the cost, although I'd rather see the victim's families receive the money instead of paying for electricity! Continue...
View ArticleLegislators Asking for Return of Death Penalty in Massachusetts
Some Massachusetts lawmakers, pointing to the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing, are calling for a limited reinstatement of a state death penalty. Continue reading…
View ArticleMassachusetts Death Penalty Amendment Sent to Committee
The Massachusetts House has turned aside a bid by several lawmakers to reinstate the death penalty, citing events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing. Continue reading…
View ArticlePeople in Boston Think Tsarnaev Should Get Life in Prison (POLL)
Most Boston residents think marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev should get life in prison rather than the death penalty. That's according to a "Boston Globe" poll showing the...
View ArticleFeds Ease Visitor Limitations For Bombing Suspect
Federal prosecutors have eased limitations on visits to Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by his defense team. In court documents filed Tuesday, prosecutors said the restrictions have...
View ArticleMass. Voters To Decide Policy Issues On The Ballot
Massachusetts voters have a long history of deciding weighty policy questions use referendum voters,whether it be deciding whether to reinstate the death penalty, or approving the sale of medical...
View ArticleDecision in Tsarnaev Death Penalty Imminent
As attorney general, Eric Holder has approved pursuing the death penalty in at least 34 criminal cases, upholding a long-ago pledge to Congress that he would vigorously enforce federal law even though...
View ArticleDeath Sought for Tsarnaev
Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the accused Boston Marathon bomber. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused, along with his brother, of setting off bombs that killed three people and...
View ArticleTsarnaev's Attorney Respond
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say a remark he made to his sister during a prison visit was meant to be funny and wasn't incriminating, as prosecutors have suggested....
View ArticleChallenge From Sampson Lawyers
Lawyers for a man who confessed to carjacking and killing two men in Massachusetts and killing a third man in New Hampshire have argued that the federal government should not force the death penalty on...
View ArticleSecurity Tight For Tsarnaev
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in court Monday for the start of jury selection in his federal death penalty trial. Potential jurors stared intently at Tsarnaev as he sat down at...
View ArticlePlea Deal Unlikely
Federal prosecutors have given no indication they're willing to make a deal with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Continue reading…
View ArticleOpposition To Death Penalty
(Associated Press) - Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley and fellow Massachusetts Roman Catholic bishops say it would be against the church's teaching to apply the death penalty to Boston Marathon bomber...
View ArticleAG Opposes Death Penalty
Associated Press) - Attorney General Maura Healey says Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail. Jurors in the federal trial began deliberating Tuesday....
View ArticleTsarnaev Trial
The jury that found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of the Boston Marathon bombing will begin the penalty phase of the trial on April 21st. A federal judge set the date today, noting that Tsarnaev's defense...
View ArticleParents Oppose Death Penalty
The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing are urging federal authorities to consider taking the death penalty off the table for the man convicted in the case. Continue reading…
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