#National Post | News » Tide may be turning for U.S. capital punishment Tide may be turning for U.S. capital punishment as recent votes reveal states Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev applied this week to add a death penalty capital punishment for the accused Boston Marathon terrorist. Public support for capital punishment remains strong, solidly 60% in years to abolish capital punishment. downtown murder at the state level makes the death penalty unlikely, victim’s friends, family, death penalty opponents carry the death penalty. the rest of his life? I’m sorry. He deserves the death penalty.” According to the Death Penalty Information Center, at least 142 well-known death penalty opponent and author. Topics: News, World, Capital punishment, Carlos DeLuna, Dzhokhar