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F.O.A.D.

On 4/21/13 12:56 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:07:21 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

NY state senator 'torture' tweet spurs controversy

PAWLING, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state senator has spurred controversy
online by asking in a tweet if the Boston Marathon bombing suspect
arrested Friday should be tortured.

Second-term Republican Sen. Greg Ball of the Hudson Valley tweeted just
after authorities in Boston captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-KHAR'
tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) Friday evening.

Ball's tweet calls the suspect "scum bag No. 2" and asks who wouldn't
use torture on him to save more lives.

Many tweets responding to Ball were critical of his remarks.

Ball issued a statement Saturday defending his position on torture
without mentioning his tweet. He says he is not shy in saying torture is
justified in the war against terror if it can save lives.
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And since the use of torture has been debunked...right on.

I even think deferring the Miranda warning is a mistake.
The only real leverage the government has is taking the death penalty
off the table. If this guy doesn't care about that, he has no reason
to say anything.

The feds are the only ones with a death penalty in this case anyway.
Massachusetts will be able to bring multiple life sentences tho.

We certainly do not want this guy getting off on some kind of
technicality because they did not follow the same procedures they
would for any other murderer.

I think the imposition of the "public safety exception" will stand
scrutiny in this case. The Tsarnaevs allegedly were the bombers, with
more than one bomb, with additional explosive devices, and it is
reasonable under the "exception" to interrogate the surviving brother
about the possible existence of additional devices that might be set up
as booby traps or as bombs scheduled on a clock timer to go off a few
days or a week later.

Tsarnaev grew up in this country. I'm sure he understands and speaks
English, and he's seen enough TV to know that he doesn't have to say a
word and that he can demand to have a lawyer present.

Now, if the DoJ prosecutors tell Tsarnaev in the presence of a lawyer
that the death penalty is off the table if he fully cooperates, he
probably will sing. Getting complete information probably is worth more
than another execution.