Tried in freakin cubea, thank you very much. but it wasn t a massachusetts case ultimately, in which he was found guilty today. the feds took over the tsarnaev case. that ends up being very important now. because had dzhokhar tsarnaev been tried by the state, had he been tried in massachusetts state court, he would not be facing the death penalty right now. massachusetts abolished the death penalty in 1984. because the feds tried this case, now the same jury that has convicted him will have to decide if dzhokhar tsarnaev will live the rest of his life in prison, or if he will be killed. the federal government has the death penalty. the federal government kills prisoners by lethal injection when they do it. the federal reserve has only killed three prisoners in the last 25 years. what is the likelihood that dzhokhar tsarnaev will also go to federal death row. joining us now is michael coin, thanks very much for being here. i appreciate your time tonight.
Swing states got lots of attention because of the overall numbers showing president obama ahead of mr. romney in pennsylvania and ohio and florida, these hotly contested swing states right now. honestly that s fine as far as august polling goes for a november election, which is not very far. but look at this other thing that was in the polls. look at the responses to this question. asked if candidates should release multiple years of their tax returns, the majority of voters in florida, in ohio, and in pennsylvania, all say presidential candidates should release several years of their tax returns. given the history here in massachusetts, maybe especially mitt romney should. joining us now is james roosevelt jr. the top lawyer for the massachusetts democratic party when mr. romney s tax returns were part of their challenge about whether or not mr. romney was a massachusetts resident or not. mr. roosevelt, thank you for your time tonight. thanks for being here. glad to be with you, rachel. this is not a very complicated story, but sort of a deep story.
Massachusetts state ballot commission to try to be allowed to run for governor. quote, if i were to hand you an affidavit, mr. romney, and above it i typed in your signature and said signed under the pains and penalties of perjury and said sign it, you would read it first, wouldn t you? romney, if you were to put it in front of me, yes. so you would sign documents under the pains and penalties of perjury without necessarily reading them, is that your testimony? romney, i have not read the entire massachusetts tax form nor the federal tax form, nor the utah tax form, and all them have me sign under pains of penalty, and i do not read the entire form. this was ten years ago. ultimately the residency ballot failed to keep mr. romney off the ballot in massachusetts. democrats tried it, but it did not work. but they were able to uncover about his tax history in trying to prove he was pt really a
Happened to mitt romney a decade ago, ten years ago. asked by the boston globe when he was running for governor of massachusetts, why he listed himself as a utah resident and not a massachusetts resident on his taxes, mr. romney told the globe ten years ago just like he told abc this week that he would look into it, he would find out just what was in his taxes and he would get back to them on it. quoting from the globe, asked whether he received any advantages in utah by filing as a full-time resident there in 1999 and 2000, mr. romney said he was not sure but would respond to specific questions in writing. if you want to say was there any tax benefit anywhere, you ought to help me understand exactly what that would mean and i would be happy to look at it, mr. romney said. i will get precisely the answer you would like, but you have to tell me exactly what you want, and i ll make sure i get that for you. still quoting from the globe here. but after a reporter submitted written questions to a campaign aide, his spokesman said mr. romney would not be responding, because, quote, he values his
To retroactively go back and challenge them. this is becoming a bigger issue, not a smaller issue in the campaign. the new new york times poll that came out of all of the swing states got lots of attention because of the overall numbers showing president obama ahead of mr. romney in pennsylvania and ohio and florida, these hotly contested swing states right now. honestly that s fine as far as august polling goes for a november election, which is not very far. but look at this other thing that was in the polls. look at the responses to this question. asked if candidates should release multiple years of their tax returns, the majority of voters in florida, in ohio, and in pennsylvania, all say presidential candidates should release several years of their tax returns. given the history here in massachusetts, maybe especially mitt romney should. joining us now is james roosevelt jr. he is the top lawyer for the democratic massachusetts party when mr. romney s tax returns were part of their challenge about whether or not mr. romney was a massachusetts resident or not. mr. roosevelt, thank you for