In Massachusetts, the parents of an eight-year-old boy killed by the Boston Marathon bombings have asked the federal government to drop its pursuit of the death penalty for bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In an essay published in The Boston Globe, Bill and Denise Richard wrote: “We believe that now is the time to turn the page, end the anguish, and look toward a better future — for us, for Boston, and for the country.”