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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Suspected shooter Dylann Roof sits in a police vehicle in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, So

Should we call Dylann Roof a terrorist?

Justice

Author Masha Gessen explains why calling Dylann Roof a terrorist isn't helpful.

Should we call Dylann Roof a terrorist?
President Barack Obama talks to Cardinal Sean O'Malley during an interfaith memorial service for Boston Marathon bombing victims at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 18, 2013.

Does God want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to get the death penalty?

Belief
Does God want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to get the death penalty?