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article_snippet.sent: Our family has grieved, buried Our young son, battled injuries, and endured numerous surgeries -- all while trying to rebuild lives that will never be the same," Our family said in the The Boston Globe column titled "To end the anguish, drop the death penalty."
article_snippet.sent: "Our family sat in the courtroom, day after day, bearing witness to overwhelming evidence that included graphic video and photographs, replicated bombs, and even the clothes our young son wore our young son last day alive.
article_snippet.sent: They said They understood the "heinousness and brutality of the crimes committed.
article_snippet.sent: The defendant murdered They 8-year-old son, maimed They 7-year-old daughter, and stole part of They soul.
article_snippet.sent: But now the Richards are urging the Justice Department to bring the case to a close.
article_snippet.sent: They are in favor of and would support the Justice Department in taking the death penalty off the table in exchange for the defendant spending the rest of our young son life in prison without any possibility of release and waiving all of our young son rights to appeal," all of his rights wrote.
article_snippet.sent: all of his rights go on to say: "all of his rights know that the government has the government reasons for seeking the death penalty, but the continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of They lives.
article_snippet.sent: They hope They two remaining children do not have to grow up with the lingering, painful reminder of what the defendant took from our two remaining children, which years of appeals would undoubtedly bring.
article_snippet.sent: We believe that now is the time to turn the page, end the anguish, and look toward a better future -- for We, for Boston, and for the country," us, for Boston, and for the country wrote.