Isn't the trial supposed to discover the truth?
[Not really...much will still be unknown]
Umm... people...nothing is "debunked" here...not yet.
[I'm guessing that this has much to do with why this thread is not marked: "Debunked"]
This "admission of guilt" tact by his lawyer does nothing to quell those looney CT's
nor does it bring us any closer to knowing what exactly happened and why.
[I think both points are in error: A) While certainly nothing will "quell" all CTs, many have obviously been
"quelled": We have less dopey YouTube videos, less protestors, etc. B) As to not being "any closer" to
knowing exactly what happened, that would only be true if we were ignorant of the truckloads of previously
unreleased evidence presented during the prosecution's detailed case.]
On a core level this doesn't add up. If the kid did write a confession in the boat and it in fact said he can't
wait to join his happy bro and collect his afterlife bliss- than why is he pleading not guilty?
[It adds up fine: We don't know if the plea was entirely Dzhokhar's decision, and even if it was, would any rational person be genuinely shocked to find that someone later made a choice that could literally save their own life? Most people don't
do their best decision-making while bleeding, hiding, being fired upon in a 24-foot Seabird.]
It would suit the middle eastern extremist profile to claim responsibility and die for their "cause".
[Perhaps...but if you've followed the trial at all, that's the entire point of the low-key defense:
That little brother absolutely does NOT fit what you call "the middle eastern extremist profile"...
that he was just a kid following his big brother, because he trusted or feared him.]
For them there's no honor or point to trying to weasel out of the death penalty.
There are no beautiful virgins to be had while rotting away for the next 60 years in a prison cell!
[Again, since the defense's whole argument is that Dzhokhar does NOT fit this
"the middle eastern extremist profile," of yours, this stuff is entirely irrelevant.