Supreme Court wades into divisive death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

WASHINGTON – Liz Norden has never seen herself as a proponent of an eye-for-an-eye system of justice, but she also never anticipated the pain her family would endure at the hands of a convicted killer determined to hurt as many people as possible.

And that is why Norden, the mother of two sons who lost legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, has become a vocal supporter of the death penalty for convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Norden said she hopes such a sentence might prevent another family from having to experience what hers went through.

"I watch my sons put their legs on every single day. I have vivid memories of my son calling me that day and telling me how bad he was hurt," said Norden, who runs a foundation that helps people pay for prosthetic limbs. "If this case does not warrant the death penalty, what would?"