"Terror Attack on Boston" is adapted from a real event and is indeed a more successful documentary masterpiece. Even if we know the story of the event, the film can still bring you a refreshing movie-watching experience. Director Peter Borg once directed the disaster film "Deep Sea Catastrophe", which was adapted from the 2010 U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil spill that caused widespread international attention. The immersive tension, the right rhythm control, the methodical multi-line narrative, the deconstruction and restoration of events and the emotional portrayal of the characters all show rich layers and perceptions. The only flaw in the beauty is some symbols necessary for the main melody movie. It still needs to be where it should be. Apart from watching the movie, what is the real case trial and judgment situation like?
The Boston Marathon bombing occurred on April 15, 2013, which coincides with Patriot Day in the United States. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon that day, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others. The police determined that the suspects responsible for the attack were brothers Djohar Sanayev and Tamerlan Sanayev. During their escape, they shot and killed a university policeman and kidnapped a Chinese student. Tamerlan was shot dead a few days after the incident was pursued by the police. Djohar was later found on a boat in the backyard of a residence in the suburbs of Boston. He had lived in the United States for 10 years before the incident.
On May 15, 2015, the U.S. Federal Court handed down its judgment, announcing the death penalty of Djohar, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. The trial of the case has aroused widespread concern and controversy from all walks of life, and is called "one of the most concerned death penalty cases in the past 20 years" by public opinion here.
The trial of the case has lasted more than three months since its official launch. A jury of 12 selected from 1,200 people took 3 days and 14 hours to finalize Djohar’s death sentence. According to US law, the death sentence requires unanimous opinions from the jury members. All of the 30 charges against Johar were established, of which 17 were punishable by death. In the final verdict, Johar was sentenced to death on 6 charges. It is said that when the verdict was announced, the defendant placed his hands in front of him with no expression on his face.
The prosecutor said that Djohar was a terrorist. He helped to place a homemade pressure cooker bomb near the finish line of the marathon, and assisted in detonating it, causing serious casualties. The attack was a retaliatory action against the US strategy in Muslim countries, and it believed that its killing of innocent people was justified. According to reports, on the ship that hid after the Djohar case, they wrote down the motive for the attack, saying that the United States "stop killing our innocent people, and we can stop." The prosecutor said that Djohar believed he was a jihadist against the United States.
Djohar’s defense lawyer Clark is a well-known criminal defense lawyer in the United States. He has successfully defended against death penalty including "bomber" Kaczynski and "Olympic Park bomber" Rudolf. She did not contest the prosecution’s allegations. She stated that the defense would not “evade” Djohar’s guilt. In her closing speech, she told the jury that Djohar, who was only 19 years old, participated in the attack under the influence of her brother. Tamerlan was the main agent of the attack. If it weren’t for Tamerland, the explosion would not have occurred. will happen. Therefore, from the very beginning of the case, the defense lawyer has basically found that Djohar is guilty, so the main goal of the defense is to mitigate the crime, that is, the litigation strategy for the defense of minor crimes.
In his final statement, the representative of the prosecutor and U.S. federal prosecutor Merlin once again showed the jury members the photos of the victims who died in the bloody bombing two years ago, and pointed out that the defendant had been enough to distinguish his actions. Age, and Djohar himself made it clear that he wanted revenge for the US wars in Iran and Afghanistan.
Although many people in Boston demand severe punishment and justice for the perpetrators, they differ on how to do this. According to reports, most people in Boston believe that Djohar should be sentenced to life imprisonment instead of death.
Earlier public opinion surveys showed that in September 2013, five months after the bombing, 57% of respondents believed that Djohar should be sentenced to life imprisonment, and 33% of respondents believed that he should be sentenced to death. An investigation during the trial period showed that the support rate of supporting the sentence of Djohar to life imprisonment without bail reached 62%, and only 27% supported the death sentence. The family members of the victims also have different opinions. Some family members have publicly called on the jury to abandon the death penalty option, so that they can get out of the shadow of this tragedy as soon as possible and restart their lives in the future. Why do people hope that a criminal like Johar will not be sentenced to death?
One of the reasons why the Djohar case triggered the death penalty controversy is that the case was prosecuted under U.S. federal law, and Massachusetts, where Boston is located, abolished the death penalty as early as 1984, and since 1947, it has not been enforced locally. death penalty.
Second, the actual execution rate of death row prisoners in the United States is low. According to US media statistics, 80 defendants have been sentenced to death in federal courts since 1998, but only 3 have been executed. Most other cases are still on appeal, and some death sentences have been revoked, or the defendant died or committed suicide. .
Third, after the death sentence has brought the case into a long appeal stage, since the case remains uncertain, the direct impact on the victim will linger. Almost every death sentence will lead to a direct appeal. If the appeal fails, the defendant’s defense attorney can request the U.S. District Court to conduct a post-criminal review according to procedures. If the review is rejected, you can still appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals and even the Supreme Court.
Before the trial is about to enter the final sentencing stage, Bill and Richard, the parents of Martin, the youngest victim of the case, published an article on the front page of the "Boston Globe" calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to exclude Johar’s death sentence. They expressed their hope that the Ministry of Justice would cancel the search for the death sentence for Johar and instead imprison him for life without parole and deprive him of all appeal rights. They said that they are well aware of the cruelty of the crime committed by the defendant, which claimed the life of their 8-year-old son and maimed their 7-year-old daughter. “The government has reason to seek a death sentence”, but this will even last for several years. The appeal hearing process, which "continuously reproduces the most painful days in our lives", but only when the defendants fade out of the media focus and people’s attention can they begin to "rebuild their lives and families."
However, many politicians and professionals are more inclined to support the death sentence. The US Attorney General Holder stated that the nature of Djohar's actions and the harm it caused "forced me to make such a decision." Dzhokhar coldly carried out a terrorist attack, injuring hundreds of people and killing three people. In its statement, it said that there is no sentence that can heal the trauma of those who have lost their loved ones, nor can it restore the soul and body of those who have been hurt. "This sentence is an appropriate punishment for this terrible crime."
Pelleker, a professor at the New York School of Law and an expert on death sentences, said he did not think the appeal of the victim’s relatives would have much impact on the Federal Department of Justice’s decision. He said that the relatives of the victims and survivors have a say, but they do not have the right to decide, because there are "greater stakes." Paleker supports the sentence of Djohar to death. It stated that this is a terrorism issue, and one of the goals of the death sentence is to indict terrorism.
Therefore, the death sentence for the Boston Marathon bombings, from a certain level, compared with the demands of the victims, the national interest, social image, and public opinion deterrence require the death sentence to fly on the righteous and fearless land of the United States.
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