Iranian student burns himself to death with Molotov cocktails he had stockpiled inside his room

The Daily Mail ^ | 3-6-14

[IronJack]

Those burns are nothing compared to the eternal fire that awaits him.

[ForAmerica]

Iranian student burns himself to death with Molotov cocktails he had stockpiled inside his room at Georgia Tech University

Good, one less terrorist that we need to worry about!

[katana]

Did not think of that but it does make sense. Still can’t imagine it as a good way to go, hoisted on one’s own flaming petard so to speak.

[ForAmerica]

Oddly enough people with extensive third degree burns supposedly don't feel a lot of pain because the nerve endings are destroyed. I suspect that he wasn't all that aware of his surroundings the last week.

I bet he's feeling the heat now!

[Georgia Girl 2]

“but it remains unclear what he planned to do with the explosive material found in his apartment.”

Gee give me a minute here. Wait, blow up something?

[joegoeny]

Maybe they gave him a mirror.

[njslim]

Hold my Koran while I do this.........

[hal ogen]

Good riddance. May many of his fellow terrorists experience his fate.

[DPMD]

Napolitano: The system worked.

[Owl558]

Darwin Award candidate

[SunkenCiv]

Another “I said ‘Bud Light’” ping.

Thanks afraidfortherepublic.

[SunkenCiv]

Another “I said ‘Bud Light’” ping.

Thanks afraidfortherepublic.

[exDemMom]

For comparison, how much does a trial cost? How much is each appeal? How much does it cost to house a prisoner for a year?

I still think the taxpayers came out ahead.

[from occupied ga]

For comparison, how much does a trial cost? How much is each appeal? How much does it cost to house a prisoner for a year?

Answer your own questions, come up with a figure. Oh and trial doesn't cost anything because the cost is a sunk cost already. Likewise appeals. The judges with their fat salaries, the court infrastructure, and judicial system employees are being paid for by the taxpayers regardless. There isn't any incremental cost associated with it. Incarceration is a real cost.

[exDemMom]

Just because the lawyers, judges, clerks, etc., are already on staff and paid does not make the cost of trial negligible. Anything those people do in conjunction with a trial is a cost. Plus, if anything extra had to be done—expert witnesses, etc., that drives the price higher.

Murder trials, it seems, cost anywhere from close to a hundred thousand up to millions.

Incarceration costs about 47,000 per year in CA (the only state I could find data).

This guy was a net cost saving to taxpayers, even with the ICU costs.

[from occupied ga]

Just because the lawyers, judges, clerks, etc., are already on staff and paid does not make the cost of trial negligible

No, it makes the incremental cost negligible.

[bert]

There were plastic bottles and gasoline........ are plastic bottles a suitable substitute for glass when making Molotov Cocktails?

It would seem the plastic bottles themselves would ignite from the flames of the rag igniter

[bert]

I have a hose attachment to the camp stove fixture that allows me to use the gas grill propane. I use the Walmart bottles when camping and the gas grill propane when boiling down maple syrup