article_snippet.sent: Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, who lost limbs in the   2013 marathon, today opposed the death penalty as a means of punishment for their attacker, urging others to 'overcome the impulse for vengeance.'
article_snippet.sent: This week, after finding Tsaernaev guilty on all 30 counts related to the April 15, 2013, attack, a jury will decide whether to sentence Dzhokar Tsarnaev to death or life in prison without parole. '
article_snippet.sent: We must overcome the impulse for vengeance': Married couple Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes have joined the appeals calling for Dzhokar Tsarnaev to be sentenced to life in prison rather than death .
article_snippet.sent: In a statement to The Boston Globe, Kensky and Patrick Downes said: 'If there is anyone who deserves the ultimate punishment, it is the defendant.
article_snippet.sent: They aren't the first to speak out against the death penalty in Tsarnaev's high-profile trial.
article_snippet.sent: The Boston Globe editorial board issued similar sentiments and last week Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said Dzhokar Tsarnaev should 'die in prison'.
article_snippet.sent: Like the Richards, Kensky and Patrick Downes call for life in prison without parole or appeals to ensure Tsarnaev 'disappears from our collective consciousness as soon as possible.'
article_snippet.sent: No to execution: The family of bombing victim Martin Richard wrote an op-ed in The Boston Globe, saying The family of bombing victim Martin Richard oppose the death penalty for terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
article_snippet.sent: We know that the government has the government reasons for seeking the death penalty for terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but the continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of We lives,' the Richards wrote. '
article_snippet.sent: The death penalty is outlawed in Massachusetts, where the trial is taking place, but since Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being judged in federal court, execution is still a sentencing option.
article_snippet.sent: However, experts say that the jurors may sway towards life in prison, considering the state's generally liberally view on the controversial issue.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jury will decide on Tuesday whether Dzhokar Tsarnaev gets death penalty .
  