“Right now, it feels like we can take a breath and breathe again,” she said.
Tsarnaev will become the 62nd federal inmate on death row, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. But it has been more than a decade since the federal government executed an inmate, and the Obama administration is reviewing its protocol for carrying out the death penalty after a botched Oklahoma state execution last year.
But the Justice Department, under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., decided last year to seek the death penalty in Tsarnaev’s case. After Friday’s verdict was read, Holder’s successor, Loretta E. Lynch, issued a statement calling the sentence “the ultimate penalty” and “a fitting punishment for this horrific crime.”
anything. it s not going to affect my life, i m not going to get my leg back. reporter: karen brassard says sar tsarnaev does not deserve to live, even in prison. he was grown enough intelligent enough to make the decision knowing what was going to happen to people. let s go to the federal courthouse in boston. nbc s ron mott. good morning. walk us through on what we can expect today and the days ahead. reporter: good morning to you. in a lot of ways this is the start of the defense s case here. dzhokhar tsarnaev over the next two, three, four weeks we ll learn a lot about the 21-year-old, his upbringing, his parents, his family his brother killed in the shoot-out, we ll hear about that from the defense counsel trying to spare his life. from the government s standpoint, we ll hear negative things about this young man, why the government wants to continue to pursue the death penalty, as
black lives matter! what happened to freddie gray? the mayor and police commissioner promise to get to the bottom of how the 25-year-old ended up with a broken neck after being taken into police custody. six police officers have now been suspended. all three of these big legal stories covered for you this morning. let s begin in boston right now a day after the marathon, the penalty phase is beginning for dzhokhar tsarnaev. as we hear from pete williams there is not an overwhelming call for the death penalty from those who suffered most from the 2013 attack. reporter: the parents of 8-year-old martin richard are pushing for a life sentence with no right of appeal saying now is the time to turn the page end the anguish. a similar call from jessica and patrick, newlyweds who both lost legs in the bombing. they say, quote, we must overcome the impulse for vengeance. the death sentence wouldn t fix anything. it s not going to affect my life, i m not going to get my leg back
he knew what he was doing. he knew what the circumstances were when that bomb went off. and he made the choice. so as far as i m concerned, he made the choice to take the death penalty. carol, will you be listening to the death phase portion of this trial? absolutely. karen brassard thank you for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. still to come in the newsroom, iran says not so fast. the nuclear deal still not done. the mixed messages from the united states and iran next. the pressure. the bloating. get gas-x. it relieves all those symptoms in minutes. that s why it s the #1 gas relief brand. let s take a look at your credit. i know i have a 786 fico score, thanks to all the tools and help on experian.com. so how are we going to sweeten this deal? floor mats. clear coats. you re getting warmer. leather seats.