There's Nothing Wrong with Prosecuting Tsarnaev as the American He Already Is
When the U.S. served Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with federal charges and announced that it would be trying him in civilian court — not as an enemy combatant — it was a moment when rationality beat emotion. What the brothers Tsarnaev allegedly did was really awful. But the Constitution still covers people who committed really awful crimes.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, served with in his hospital bed as his and continued looking for answers in the Boston Marathon bombings, will be tried in civilian court — instead of as an enemy combatant, as a handful of Republican politicians and conservatives demanded. "He will not be treated as an enemy combatant," . "We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice. Under who committed his crime on American soil. So far, there's tying him to al Qaeda. This is a moment when rationality beat emotion. What the Tsarnaevs allegedly did was really awful. But the Constitution still covers people who committed really awful crimes.
