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Leaving race aside for a second too, let's also compare this to Tsarnaev who was widely called a terrorist from the very start, although aside from his brother, no link has been proven between him and any organized terror - just some twisted ideas. I don't remember there being much public debate on whether Tsarnaev was a terrorist or not - only his lawyers seemed to be seriously convinced that he wasn't. That said, I doubt this guy's fate will be much different from Tsarnaev's - and given that it's SC and not MA, the death penalty will likely be brought out with far less hesitation, too.