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April 21, 2015

Parents of slain child oppose death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

The family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard walk along Boylston Street April 15 with a clergyman and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, left, following a ceremony at the site of the second bomb blast on the second anniversary of the bombings. Mart in's father, Bill, smiles as he walks behind his daughter, Jane, second from left, son Henry and wife Denise, right. Young Martin was killed in the attack, just a few days shy of his ninth birthday.

BOSTON - The parents of Martin Richard, the youngest victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombings two years ago, are asking that the death penalty be taken "off the table" for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Published in International