Boston bomber case nowhere near finish line

Today is the 20th anniversary of one of the worst hate crimes in British history. Specifically, we are talking about the murder of Stephen Lawrence, in a racist attack at a south London bus stop. An inquiry into the slow response by the Metropolitan Police labelled them institutionally racist, for their slow response in pursuing the attackers. Gary Dobson and David Norris were finally found guilty of the murder in January 2012. But we also have a present-day murderer on our hands: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He is one of the two bellends suspected of bombing the finish line at the Boston Marathon. He was captured on Friday evening after a huge manhunt during which Tsarnaev's elder brother and suspected fellow bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died. US federal prosecutors are now preparing charges against Dzhokhar as more details emerge of his capture. If he is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, he could face the death penalty, as should former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been ordered back to prison from military hospital. Mr Mubarak's retrial will open on 11 May, a Cairo appeals court says. He is charged alongside his former interior minister and six former security chiefs with complicity in the murder and attempted murder of hundreds of protesters in January 2011. The retrial was meant to begin on 13 April but collapsed when the presiding judge withdrew from the case.