202 7488001 for republicans. For independents, 202 7458002. The boston bomber sentenced to death, was at the right decision . Massachusetts residents, you can make your thoughts known on 202 7488003. If you want to post your thoughts on social media pages on twitter, it is journal cspan. Org. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Once again, the front pages of the boston globe and the Boston Herald. Those are the headlines you can see. Not only headlines, editorials coming down as well. Boston globe has this editorial Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced delays the closure boston deserves. It says in part, its only right that condemned killer be allowed to exhaust every legal option, but the prospect of seeing his face in the news for decades is only likely to continue traumatizing survivors and the families of victims. Even worse, since most of the rest of the world considers the Death Penalty barbaric he wall street journal also weighing in death for tsar naev. Again, i Death Penalty coming down for the Boston Marathon bomber. Dzhokhar tsarnaev. We want to get your thoughts this morning on the decision made by this jury and the use of the Death Penalty. You can call on one of four lines this morning. That decision, made by the u. S. Attorney yesterday. A press conference was held after with the announcement of the decision. Heres more from the press conference yesterday specifically why they wanted to apply the Death Penalty. [video clip] ms. Ortiz we came to the decision of using the Death Penalty not lightly. There was a long, careful process in which there was tremendous amount of input from Different Levels of my office and the department of justice. When the attorney general approved it, based on the nature of the crimes in this case, and the degree of the harm, we then continued on that path. Host massachusetts residents 202 7488003. Specifically if you want to give , not only a perspective on the decision, but being from the state where that to place, that is the number to call. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. For independents, 202 7458002. We will start this morning with mike in raleigh, North Carolina on the boston bombing decision. What did you think of the decision . Caller good morning. I figure was a fair decision. I would like to add something to that. I really believe that people who come in to our country to do what these two gentlemen did whether any terrorist from isis or whatever, when your ideals send you over here to do this, the appeals process on these people should be gone. Bottom line. There should be no appeal. It should just be flatout life in prison, this, no appeal, you forfeit all your rights. It is wrong. We have to put our foot down to stop this ended the in the but and show other countries we have something for you. It is just common sense. The appeal process is going to waste tons of american money american time. The life sentence process, we feed these criminals forever. To me, dying in prison, or whatever what about all the people who suffer the misery of boston. I dont understand. Killing is wrong. These people that do things like this in all countries, when it comes upon doing things like that, there is no rights or guarantees, nothing. They are just bad for the planet. If you have poison in the planet, it is bad. Host we will hear from silver spring, maryland next, edward is on the line, talking about the decision made in the Boston Marathon bombing case. Caller the first thing that i thought of this morning when i saw the decision somehow i missed the news yesterday i read to headlines in Death Penalty cases. One was in egypt and the other was in north korea, i believe. I just think the United States and revenge has made a decision that goes with countries that i would not want to be taulked in the same breath with. Another story that i read about earlier in the week was an export in in a prison in colorado that said that is way worse than death. I think the decision to put him to death is going to make him a martyr, and two it will give them a platform for years and years to be a human rights martyr because he will ultimately probably be put to death. Host the previous caller talked about concerns of the cost of life in prison, the cost of that. Caller keeping him on death row . Host yes. Caller that is another issue. In north korea egypt the death cases will go on for 10 years. Here, it will be a legal battle and it should be, because as part of what makes us, i guess blatantly not human rights violators, if we give people the chance to appeal which are sure in north korea or egypt, you do not have the same luxury. At the same time, it will be cumbersome to taxpayers. It will go on and on. And it will waste a lot of money and time for people. Host augusta, georgia, robert is next. Caller good morning. According to Rodney Stewart i would say, do onto others as they do unto you. Host so you support the Death Penalty . Caller yes. Yes. Two strikes, youre out. You only live twice. Diamonds are forever. Smooth operator. Host kevin from mount vernon, new york. Democrats line. Caller hi, this is kevin. I just want to let the people know that wasting the taxpayers money on appeals and unnecessary criminal Court Procedures is something that the United States does not need. People come over here and abuse are criminal Justice System and take full advantage of the rights that only our citizens should be allowed to have. Simple as that. The Death Penalty, see you later. Host boston globe and other massachusetts area newspapers have coverage of the decision yesterday. Here is the boston globe headline sentenced to death. Other papers as well taking the decision yesterday. Here is the Boston Herald justice. We have invited massachusetts residents to call, 202 7488003. Deborah is from new haven, connecticut. What are your thoughts on yesterdays decision . Caller good morning. I just have a problem with the Death Penalty. I believe in the law. If that state supports the Death Penalty, then so be it. The problem i have with the Death Penalty bristly is that it does not have a very good track record in this country because a lot of innocent people have been put to death. If the system were perfect, i would be more inclined to support it. I do think however that this young man this whole thing started out, he was very young. Very much influenced by his brother. By the time the whole thing is over with, i believe that his whole mindset is going to change. People say, he will be martyred, given what he wants, by do not think that will be the case by the time this whole process is over. He was a very young man. He was age, mature, his mindset will change. He is going to be exposed to a lot of Different Things by the time this is all over. His whole attitude will change. You might think you might even say, and i will say this because you never know how people change. You never do what gods purposes for a person. I would not be a bit surprised by the end of all this, he has changed, reborn, and becomes a spokesman for being against what his mother started him out as. Host boston globe has a sidebar looking at the steps that will happen now after yesterdays decision. The question, when is the formal sentencing . It will be done at a later day, but the jurys decision is legally binding. The victims will have an opportunity to confront him. If you choose this, he could address the court himself. Because he was sentenced to death, he will be probably take into terre haute indiana where the bureau of prisons holds inmates on death row. The appeals process could probably take more than a decade, and he will probably focus on several of the judges decisions, including the refusal to relocate the tribal. On twitter, david says, my thoughts are with the jury who have assumed the burden of this necessary decision. This is added by another viewer who says, the Death Penalty equals his suffering. And parkstorm says that he will be in an out of the news for years. He should have been put in super max solitary for life. Our next caller, hello. Caller i am against the Death Penalty. The kennedy family, they were against the Death Penalty, when their brother and father was killed. I would make an exception on say, the immensity of the crime. Say, a war criminal. Ive by a lot of dvds from cspan. I have one here right now, made in 2008, and it was made by vincent, the most famous prosecutor in this country, he tried the child manson child arles manson family, and the title is george bush for murder. He said that when he walked out of the white house, he would hand him a summons for murder. I know that is a hard thing to do, he would have to get a lot of state attorneys on board, and no one has the nerve to do it, but there were thousands of our soldiers killed, and close to a million iraqis, based on a lie. A lot of americans know it. Host our next caller from massachusetts, mike. Go ahead. Good morning. Caller i believe that liberty and freedom for all. Proceed with due process. I believe he was given a fair trial. Host do you support the decision for the Death Penalty or not . Caller i supported. Host why is that . Caller like i said, liberty and freedom for all. But with due process from the constitution. Host mount sinai, new york. John, democrats line. Good morning. Caller i do not support the Death Penalty because as we know, death comes as a mercy. Life, for so many, including people in prisons, is very hard. This is a young man, if he were to spend life in jail, it would be a hardship. That being said, i want to reflect with one woman was just saying Joseph Stalin said that the death of one is a tragedy the death of thousands is a statistic. What george bush did in carpet bombing, had nothing to do with 9 11. That is a war crime. That is mass murder. That is terrorism. That is the definition of terrorism. Host in the boston case, why not the Death Penalty specifically because people died . Caller again, i say, death comes as a mercy. Life is a hardship. I think more of the same punishment in this man is guilty would be life in jail. Host why that over the Death Penalty . Caller like i say, death comes quickly. That is it for him. He does not have to suffer in jail for 70 years. That is why i am against the Death Penalty. Host greg from china tennessee, independent line. You are up next talking about the Boston Marathon bombing case and the result of it. What you think of the decision . Caller quite frankly, there are a lot of people out here that have a great idea about cameras and that kind of stuff and highdefinition. Im completely convinced that it was a total made up fairytale. People should go to youtube and look at up. It was a staged event. That is how i feel. Host also in the news this morning, this came down in the Early Morning hours. The former egyptian president has been given the Death Penalty. The countrys religious authorities will have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried out. He was deposed by the military in july 2013 following mass street protests against his rule. That story from the bbc news this morning. Here is again the boston globe headline. Dzhokhar tsarnaev getting the Death Penalty for six of the 17 counts that he was charged with. We are as you not only about the decision, but the use of the Death Penalty in this case. For massachusetts residents 202 7488003. Day from new york, democrats line. Go ahead, youre next. Caller thank you, cspan. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to be gone these topics. I think that people need to reflect on ourselves and the acts of our own government. What our government does on her behalf with a badge on its chest, per se, is far worse than what these gentlemen did. These gentlemen were rogue actors basically clowns, and do deserve to pay for their crimes, but i do believe the art leaders should be held accountable for their shortcomings and crimes. Shock and all, george bush created evidence against an innocent nation that complied with 12 years of sanctions. It did everything to cooperate do with the u. N. Had asked to rectify whatever problems we had with iraq, and yet we light ourselves into an invasion and war, and killed probably over one million people, not to mention what we did to our own soldiers. It was all based on a lie and george bush is getting a library built for himself. Our own leaders that bankers robbed the banks and they get away with it. If i rob a bank, i go to jail. Host in the boston case, did the punishment fit the crime . Caller absolutely, but as john said, the prior caller, i think to be in prison for life is a far worse penalty that to be put out of your misery. Host why is that . Caller because you have to think about what you did for the rest of your life, and youre sitting in what is basically a cage. You are put in prison for the rest of your days, and you die an old man, as basically a caged animal. Host chris is from peabody massachusetts. Caller good morning. Thanks for taking my call. Im satisfied with the Death Penalty. I think it is a good thing that he will be put to death. I dont understand how people think life in prison would be much better. He will go to prison for life, he will acclimate to that life. He will accept the fact that ok, i will be an old man, and have a long life in prison. Now, he will be sitting on death row, looking at the calendar, looking at the clock, and he will be killed for what he has done, and that is what he deserves. Host people have highlighted the fact that this was done in boston, and question if that was the fair way to go about it. What do you think of that . Caller they spent a long time looking for the jury members. I do not see any problem with that. Host a german publication took their opinion pages as well, one of the columnist talking about the decision yesterday. That is the publication dorsch well deuctchwell. As some folks have, or this morning, 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. Independents, 202 7458002. Massachusetts residents, 202 7488003. Jonathan, independent line. Caller hello. I would just like to say, i know criminals are responsible for their actions. We are responsible for how we react to that. Either killing is wrong, or it is not wrong. If it is wrong, then isnt it just as wrong for us to kill people . I think how we react to crime says a lot about us. If we are willing to publicly sanctioned killings, i think that lessons us. I would also just like to take a moment to think cspan and thank the moderators for listening and giving the public a platform to state their opinions. I think that is very important. Host city made her comments, what you think about the life sentence . Some people say there are problems with the license, and not only with the cost but even some boston papers said there is no real sense of closure is someone sits in prison for life. Caller i understand that those are all issues. They are certainly inconvenient and distressing, but ultimately i think that true justice is sometimes difficult and sometimes expensive. Ultimately, it is worth the price, i think. As difficult as it is for the familyies of victims to deal with that, it will be difficult for them to matter what. Really all we can do is support them. And hope that they understand that we are committed to justice. Host the u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch putting out a statement on the decision yesterday saying that, we know all too well that no verdict can heal the souls of those who lost loved ones, nor the minds and bodies of those who suffered lifechanging injuries, but ultimately the penalty is a fitting punishment for this horrific crime and we hope that the completion of this prosecution will bring some measure of closure to the victims. Richard, youre next. Caller good morning. Thank you for cspan. I am most concerned that we are spending a lot of time intellectualizing over whether the Death Penalty or the life in prison is more fitting, in terms of justice, and so on. I am more concerned that there are approximately one million muslims in this world who are radical enough to use whatever the verdict might have been to basically useless as a justification for further acts of terror. For the next year, while the appeals process is going, he will essentially be a hostage entity. God knows how many criminal acts might occur on the hands of isis and their followers that we do not know what is really going to end up with this. Host duane from jackson michigan. Go ahead. Caller i would like to thank cspan for taking my call. It is a great channel. Years and years ago, the democrats and republicans argued over whether men who are at war with us, which these young men are, have access to our judges and judicial system. I briefly think they should not and should go but for military tribunals and have an attorney like any man or woman who has charges during the service. I think we are way too much money to allow them to have a platform. We are nearly bankrupt. 18 trillion in debt now. I know in michigan, if you look at the road, you would believe that we are bankrupt. I think that the Death Penalty i used to before it, but as i get older, i maybe not. I believe the bible says that vengeance is the lords. I think he would have been more miserable for 55 or 60 years in these maximumsecurity places. Anyway, i thank you very much for your program. Host off of twitter, a couple more comments. This is one viewer who says that the death sentence is most appropriate here. Another adding, it is inappropriate for the state to react to