Boston Marathon Bombing Analysis
Boston Marathon Bombings: A Legal Interpretation
The two explosions that tore through the Boston Marathon nearly two years ago were like the second starting gun on April 15, 2013, a race against time to identify and capture the terrorists responsible. Bostonians were relived after an extensive manhunt ended in the apprehension of the Boston Marathon suspects, but which raised a host of legal issues including the potential consequence of authorities’ decision not to read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights, how might he be charged due to skewed media bias, and whether his case would be moved outside Boston to ensure a fair trial. The importance of these issues answer many controversial questions regarding the reach of the ambiguous legal system.
April 15, 2013 marked the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon. The event is held on Patriot’s Day, which commemorates the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775. At approximately 2:49 PM, with more than 5,600 of some 23,000 runners still in the race, two pressure-cooker bombs – packed with an assortment of “metal and ball-bearings” hidden in backpacks …show more content…
The manhunt that quickly ensued after two pressure-cooker bombs went off at the finish line to capture the Tsarnaev brothers finished with one dead and one gravely injured. The younger brother is left to face the legal consequences of the actions that killed three and injured many more. From the moment of capture, legal issues arose such as the decision to not read Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights immediately with the invocation of a public safety exception, how should this naturalized U.S. citizen be tried – a criminal or a terrorist, and how would the location of the trial affect the case and its jury. The families and friends of the victims may soon have peace as trials undergo in the ensuing
The two explosions that tore through the Boston Marathon nearly two years ago were like the second starting gun on April 15, 2013, a race against time to identify and capture the terrorists responsible. Bostonians were relived after an extensive manhunt ended in the apprehension of the Boston Marathon suspects, but which raised a host of legal issues including the potential consequence of authorities’ decision not to read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights, how might he be charged due to skewed media bias, and whether his case would be moved outside Boston to ensure a fair trial. The importance of these issues answer many controversial questions regarding the reach of the ambiguous legal system.
April 15, 2013 marked the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon. The event is held on Patriot’s Day, which commemorates the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775. At approximately 2:49 PM, with more than 5,600 of some 23,000 runners still in the race, two pressure-cooker bombs – packed with an assortment of “metal and ball-bearings” hidden in backpacks …show more content…
The manhunt that quickly ensued after two pressure-cooker bombs went off at the finish line to capture the Tsarnaev brothers finished with one dead and one gravely injured. The younger brother is left to face the legal consequences of the actions that killed three and injured many more. From the moment of capture, legal issues arose such as the decision to not read Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights immediately with the invocation of a public safety exception, how should this naturalized U.S. citizen be tried – a criminal or a terrorist, and how would the location of the trial affect the case and its jury. The families and friends of the victims may soon have peace as trials undergo in the ensuing