"They had time to feel pain, they had time to feel scared � but they had no time to say goodbye. And that is the very essence of terror."

Said U.S. Attorney Nadine Pellegrini, arguing that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves the death penalty.

ADDED: Here's the federal statute enumerating the factors to be considered. I think this was the factor Pellegrini was getting at:

(6) Heinous, cruel, or depraved manner of committing offense.� The defendant committed the offense in an especially heinous, cruel, or depraved manner in that it involved torture or serious physical abuse to the victim.