Decarceration activists have created an entirely new argument for the death penalty: if you don't execute murderers, liberals will crawl over broken glass to void their life-without-parole sentences and set them free.
The brother of the victim pleaded for Tanzerious Anderson to remain in prison, pointing out that he was told at the time that Anderson would never be released.
Anderson was convicted of first degree murder.
These cases also tend to reveal the "progressive stack." The victim here was a Muslim immigrant from Lebanon. Maybe if the assailant had been a white supremacist, that would count here. But he was a black teenager and evident habitual criminal, which is a trump card.
While serving a LWOP sentence, Anderson married Tania Fernandes, a Cape Verdean immigrant who served on the Boston City Council until her conviction on corruption charges last year.
Article on Anderson's release from the Boston Herald
bostonherald.com/2026/02/14/tan…
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