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Bombing Still Upsets Richert

Dzhkohar Tsarnaev and his attorneys listen to the guilty verdicts being read this morning (AP photo)

On his Facebook wall, Kevin Richert of IDEDNews.org (and the former opinion editor of the Idaho Statesman) sums up his feelings re: today's guilty verdicts in the Boston Marathon bombing case with words he posted two years ago:

"Runners are an incredibly supportive group. As much as anything, runners compete against courses and clocks and mental and physical limits. At the end of every race, you'll see early finishers hanging around looking for friends or total strangers. They'll give a thumbs up to us stragglers and strugglers. They'll tell us we're looking good (even if it's a polite lie). They'll tell us we have only a short way to go (and about that, I don't think a true runner would ever lie). So I can't help wonder if some runners were doing just that -- doing this nice thing runners do -- when terror struck Monday afternoon. And when I think about that, I'm sad and pissed off all over again."

Question: Anyone out there who opposes the death penalty for Dzhkohar Tsarnaev?

 



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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