Tsarnaev may face state trial for Sean Collier death

[alp227]

Source: Boston Globe

Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan plans to bring convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev back to Massachusetts to face state charges of murdering MIT police officer Sean Collier and other crimes in the days after the Marathon attacks, even though a federal judge last month sentenced Tsarnaev to death.

Ryan’s office said it is just beginning the process of asking the federal government to return Tsarnaev, and it is unclear when a trial would be scheduled. He is imprisoned in the US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colo., known as Supermax.

Experts said they couldn’t think of another case in which someone on federal death row was tried again on additional state charges — Tsarnaev was already convicted in federal court on charges related to Collier’s death. But Middlesex prosecutors said Tsarnaev, 21, should face state charges in this case because of the severity of the crime — he and his late brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, gunned down the police officer after the brothers learned they were suspects in the Marathon bombings.

“When you come into Middlesex County and execute a police officer in the performance of his duties and assault other officers attempting to effect his capture, it is appropriate you should come back to Middlesex County to stand trial for that offense,” Ryan said in a statement. Tsarnaev also faces several other state charges, including carjacking and kidnapping.

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/10/prosecutors-plan-bring-tsarnaev-back-massachusetts-for-second-trial/Fn5Vxmjjj5JvkXjNbdcRiO/story.html

[DirtyHippyBastard]

1. Why spend the $ to try him again in county court? To score political points perhaps?

There is no good reason to do this. You can only execute him once.

[alp227]

2. Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty.

Tsarnaev has yet to stand trial for killing the MIT police officer. Gotta happen now or later.

[exboyfil]

4. Why?

McVeigh was not tried in state court. He was never convicted of 160 murders.

[onehandle]

5. McVeigh was hurried to the gallows to hide his close association with gun culture.

Tsarnaev didn't spend all his time at gun shows.

The gun lobby doesn't care about him.

[hack89]

6. Nonsense

McVeigh stopped all his appeals - he wanted to die quickly.

[Telcontar]

13. That's some tinfoil hat there

[AngryAmish]

3. Power and fame hungry prosecutor trying to get rich and famous on someone else's dime

The prosecutor is grotesque.

[christx30]

10. Because right now, no one has been

convicted for the death of this officer. If Tsarnev dies without going to trial, officer Collier doesn't get any justice. His family doesn't get justice. "We know he did it" isn't legal.

[Yo_Mama]

11. Probably in reaction to appeal for a new trial.

Honestly, I can understand it.

[bluestateguy]

7. I would support this

if there was even a small chance of him getting out of federal prison.

[davidpdx]

9. For clarification I think you mean preventing him from getting the death penalty

If so, then I agree with you. Too bad that can't happen.

[bluedigger]

8. Waste of money.

They can't punish him any further, and society won't be further protected from him in any way. In fact, the diversion of resources to a show trial will harm more than it will help anyone.

[Nye Bevan]

12. This seems like a complete waste of time and money,

and also making people unnecessarily go through the trauma of recalling the murders. The only point I can see is if my some miracle his attorneys were able to get him off on the federal charges. But there is no statute of limitations on murder, so why not wait to see if this happens first?