I am 70 years old and have always supported the death penalty for any murderer. However, Monday’s “In Our View” editorial regarding the Boston Marathon bomber, (“Life sentence would end story”) along with Bill and Denise Richard’s arguments against it, convince me this killer should be put away for life and probably 99 percent of others.
Rae Ellen Holman
Camano Island
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