Today was Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arraignment. If you do not know what an arraignment is, here's the basic definition (in my own words):
An arraignment is a criminal proceeding at which the defendant is called before a court of competent jurisdiction, at which the defendant is asked to enter either a "guilty" or "not guilty" plea for their charge(s).
So I just wanted to make sure it's clear that this was NOT a trial.
The arraignment for Jahar lasted a short time of only TEN MINUTES.
Jahar was faced with 30 charges, 17 of which the maximum penalty is the death penalty. HOWEVER, at this arraignment, the death penalty was not mentioned once, which was surprising. For those 17 charges the maximum penalty spoken was life in prison, however the death penalty can be pursued with those charges and still might be pursued depending on IF Dzhokhar is found guilty or innocent.
FOR EVERY SINGLE CHARGE THAT JAHAR WAS FACED WITH, HE PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
This is exactly what I was hoping would happen. Let me point something out- Jahar is opposed to the death penalty. In other words, he would rather face life in jail than death, if he was found guilty. If Jahar were to plead guilty, then it would be more likely to recieve life over death if he were to be found guilty. But if Jahar pleaded not guilty, and then was found guilty, the chance of him receiving the death penalty is higher.
Why would he do that if he was guilty, and he did not
want death?
Jahar's defense team obviously knows what I mentioned above, and they WANTED JAHAR TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY, and they are obviously working in his favor. So if they did not think that he was going to be proven innocent... it would make no sense for them to want him to plead guilty.
Do you see what I am saying here?
JAHAR'S DEFENSE TEAM KNOWS THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF HIM BEING PROVEN TO BE INNOCENT, SO THEY WANTED HIM TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another point that I want to make is that an extremist individual who has commited an act of terror is very open about the fact that they commited the crime. They are proud of themselves. They want the whole world to see this "glorious" thing that they did. They also want to die. They WANT the death penalty. Because in their eyes, they will die as a martyr and go to paradise. If everything that I said was true, which it is, IF JAHAR WERE AN EXTREMIST WHY THE F**K WOULD HE NOT WANT THE DEATH PENALTY, AND WHY WOULD HE PLEAD NOT GUILTY?
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or comment on my profile. Thanks for your time, and if you are just going to comment being an a**hole, then please just stop what you are doing, get a life, and leave me alone. But if you are going to be civil and keep an open mind, then feel free :D <3
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