Most people when they hear a reference to the Old Testament think about the Hebrews under the Pharaoh or Abraham preparing to slaughter his son Isaac. There is also the story of Adam and Eve getting banished from the Garden, Cain slewing Abel, and many other tragedies, wars, and things like the brutal justice of cutting off the hands of a thief which ...
According to Wikipedia, ‘The Geneva Conventions extensively defined the basic rights of wartime prisoners.’ Under Massachusetts law, where the Boston Marathon Bombings occurred, Tsarnaev could not face the death penalty. The case is being prosecuted in federal court for the specific purpose of applying the death penalty. After all, the trial opened ...
