Letter to the editor: Killer of Israeli Embassy staffers deserves death penalty

OPINION:

Although Washington, D.C., does not have the death penalty, the Justice Department will no doubt rightly seek the federal death penalty for the antisemitic, pro-Palestinian terrorist who gunned down a young couple who worked at the Israeli Embassy after they left a function at the Capital Jewish Museum (“Suspect faces death penalty in killing of 2 Israeli Embassy staffers in D.C.,” Web, May 22).

If the murderer is found guilty, let’s hope the liberal D.C. jury imposes the much-deserved punishment, unlike the New York City jury that was deadlocked in the 2023 case of Sayfullo Saipov, the avowed terrorist who mowed down eight pedestrians on a bike path with a rental truck. 

PAUL KAMENAR
Counsel, National Legal and Policy Center
Chevy Chase, Maryland