Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova: The #Tsarnaev family moved a lot, kids had to switch schools often. Children "always lived out of suitcases, so to speak."


Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
She said the family used to say the #Tsarnaevs lived like gypsies.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says the #Tsarnaev family "lived like gypsies" the children could barely get used to a school before they would move again @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury sees a map of the world & the several locations the #Tsarnaev family lived @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says she stirred up Anzor's jealously one time while he was out of town @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says while Anzor was away, Zubeidat went to an event, asked relatives to cover for her with Anzor @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says Anzor came to her & she told him everything @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says the #Tsarnaev family would visit them often, especially in the summer because they lived on the Caspian Sea @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says the #Tsarnaev family would stay with them 3-6 months at a time @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
She starts to testify about the impact all the moving around had on the #Tsarnaev children - but govt objects.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says Anzor was an auto mechanic & he was never afraid to find work as they moved around @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova points out Dzhokhar from a first grade class photo in Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Now we see a classroom photo from Dzhokhar's 1st grade class; he's sitting right in front.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova points out Dzhokhar's sisters with her in another photo celebrating the new year in 2000 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova: Religion is 1st in our lives, since I'm Muslim. Jury sees photo of family celebrating New Year w/ Christmas tree in background.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says in her family "religion is first...we observed all the traditions of Islam" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says they "wouldn't pray 5 times a day" but observed religious holidays @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
She says #Tsarnaevs were not especially observant or religious. Over time, she says, Zubeidat dressed more conservatively (w/ hijab).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says Zubeidat became more religious while in the US. Suleimanova says 1st time she saw her w/hijab was 2010 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova: "It was a shock for me knowing what kind of person Zubeidat used to be. It was very strange" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova: I was in shock when I saw Zubediat wearing a headscarf in 2010; it's not how she used to dress, so fashionable.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next photo is Zubediat, dressed in black, with hijab.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The photo the jury is seeing shows Zubeidat in a hijab, govt objects as defense tries to get at Suleimanova's concerns @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Another govt objection as defense asks Suleimanova what she thought of Tamerlan & Dzhokhar bombing the marathon - sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova is asked what effect the #Tsarnaev brothers crimes have had on their whole family; objection, sustained.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense asks for sidebar, and as lawyers go, Suleimanova gets what she's been waiting for: eye contact w/ Dzhokhar. She smiles.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova refuses water, instead taking a tissue and dabbing at her eyes.
#Tsarnaev turns away from her, talks to Judy Clarke.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar over. Defense asks Suleimanova if there's anything else she'd like to tell the jury about Dzhokhar or his family @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt objects, judge sustains. Defense done with direct. AUSA William Weinreb begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar ends.
Fick has no more questions for her.
Bill Weinreb rises to cross examine.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: Didn't most of the #Tsarnaev family moves happen before the defendant was born?
- Some before, some after.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Most of those moves took place before he was born correct?
Suleimanova: "Some before & some after" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: The defendant himself has never set foot in Chechnya actually.
Suleimanova says she knows the family moved there.
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: The defendant himself has never set foot in Chechnya, has he?
S: "I cannot give you the exact dates, I was a child myself"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: and because you were a child, you weren't keeping track of dates.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says she was a child herself, was 14 when the war started in Chechnya. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt asks if Dzhokhar lived in the same place for 4-5 years. Suleimanova says she can't be absolutely sure
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: growing up Dzhokhar was surrounded by love.
Suleimanova: yes, he was so sweet...he was the little one
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Growing up, #Tsarnaev was very loved, surrounded by loving family members?
S: yes, very loved, such a sweet child.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: family members who doted on him?
S: Yes, of course.
W: and they supported him?
S: Yes.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: he always had food & clothing
Suleimanova: Zubeidat always took care of the food & clothes, always well-dressed
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says Dzhokhar was surrounded by his family & cousins, they would take care of him
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: If #Tsarnaev was sad someone comforted him?
S: Yes.
W: He was a very lucky boy in that way?
S: He has a lot of cousins.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova says Dzhokhar was surrounded by his family & cousins, they would take care of him
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Suleimanova agrees Dzhokhar was brought up well, says he made his strict aunt he lived with less strict @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: This family helped #Tsarnaev become a confident young boy?
S: Yes, at least until he turned 8.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: you talked about Dzhokhar's kindness, you'd agree the bombing of innocent people is not an act of kindness
Objection
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: When #Tsarnaev faced a strict family member, he managed to change them?
Suleimanova: when he was a boy, he had such a smile...

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: You said #Tsarnaev was kind; The bombing of innocent people is not an act of kindness?
Objection, sustained.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: #Tsarnaev cried when Simba's father died?
S: Yes.
W: But he's indifferent to the pain and suffering of hundreds of--
Objection.
Sustained

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt asks again about Dzhokhar crying during The Lion King. Suleimanova corrects herself it was when Simba's father died @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: You'd agree someone who cries at the death of a cartoon character but remains indifferent to the deaths of - OBJECTION
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Judge sustains. Govt is done with cross, but defense requests sidebar. It's granted @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb ends on that unanswered question.
Defense atty Fick demands a sidebar.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar ends.
Fick is back for re-cross.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Back from sidebar, defense does brief redirect @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Suleimanova to explain when the #Tsarnaev family would visit them, there were 14+ people staying in 2 rooms @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
F: Where did #Tsarnaev family stay when they visited you at summertime?
S: With us.
F: In a 2 room apartment?
S: 12-14 people in 2 rooms

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Fick's fighting Weinreb's characterization of these 3-6 month visits as "summering" on the Caspian Sea.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is done. Suleimanova is excused. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is Naida Suleimanova. She is dressed more casually than Raisat in jeans & a cardigan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next witness: Naida Suleimanova (I'll refer to her by first name).
She is shaking, visibly nervous on the stand. She's another cousin.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida was breathing very heavily as she took the stand, very soft-spoken @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida: "Dzhokhar is my brother (cousin), my beloved brother" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida also lives in Moscow now, though comes from rural village near the Caspian. She's a gas station cashier back home, she testifies.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida: "Dzhokhar is my brother... my beloved brother."
(again, she's using brother as synonym for cousin, as her sister just did.)

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Asked why she is emotional, Naida says "because I'm seeing my brother for the first time in so many years & it's not easy" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida: I'm crying because I am seeing my brother for the first time in so many years. it's not easy.
#Tsarnaev does not seem to look at her

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida is now reviewing the same family photo her sister Raisat showed the jury; it's from 1994.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury sees the Suleimanov/Tsarnaev photo again, Naida is pregnant & holding Dzhokhar in the 1994 picture @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
In this photo, Naida (pregnant at the time) is holding a very small Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev.
Last time she saw him was 2002.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida says before the #Tsarnaev family went to the U.S. in 2002 they visited her in Moscow @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida says the #Tsarnaev family used to visit them often, so it was painful to see them move so far away @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida's eyes are filled with tears; she speaks in a very soft voice, almost a whisper.
#Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jurors see another family photo with Naida, her uncle, "cute Dzhokhar, the little one" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida used to babysit for the #Tsarnaev children. Shows jurors a family photo, #Tsarnaev is sitting in front, next to his uncle.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida: "He was very cute, very nice, very kind. There was always a smile on his face."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jurors see another young photo of Dzhokhar sitting in front of a large china cabinet @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next photo, little Dzhokhar on a chair, looking at the camera. Naida smiles sadly when she sees it.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
In the next image, Tamerlan is hoisting Dzhokhar on his shoulders, supporting his weight. Dzhokhar looks to be about 5 or 6.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Another photo shows Tamerlan, holding a smiling Dzhokhar with one arm on his shoulder @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida: "Dzhokhar loved his older brother very much (gets choked up)...you always tried to listen to your older sibling" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
"As is the custom in our family...you always tried to listen to your older sibling and follow his example," she says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida says as part of their custom, a younger sibling would always follow the example of an older sibling @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida also describes her Aunt Zubeidat as "fun-loving, life-loving, fashionable" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida says when Zubeidat returned to Russia & wore all black & a hijab "it was strange for us to see her around like that" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida also testifies to the transformation of #Tsarnaev mom from fashion plate to much more conservative dresser; "it was strange for us."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Naida says in ancient times women would cover, but "to wear all black, I don't think that was the custom" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: "My personal opinion? I'm a little scared of people who are completely covered... Many become extremist Islamists."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida called Zubeidat's change "dramatic" and said "I'm a little scared of people who are completely covered" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: "because many become extremist Islamics & start wearing all black" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida says she recognized Tamerlan's voice in a recording the defense hopes to play in court. Govt objects - sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida testifies to recognizing Tamerlan's voice from a recording on his old computer a few days ago.
Fick goes to play it now; govt objects.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Lawyers go to sidebar; Naida looks in #Tsarnaev's direction, then puts her head down.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida wipes away tears, resumes staring at her cousin. #Tsarnaev looks to be just keeping his gaze forward.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, defense is playing a short version of the audio recording of Tamerlan talking to another man @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar over; Fick will get to play that audio.
Two man, arguing in Russian.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Tamerlan is heard talking re: struggles he's having "holding down" his anger re: Muslims' treatment; his worry the Caliphate is far away.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
In Russian Tamerlan says: "I have this rage of hatred inside me" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
In a 2nd recording, Tamerlan says "I don't see life past 3-4 years" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Tamerlan discusses hatred he has for non-believers "maybe you are able to hold it down, but I so far haven't been able to" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: "I don't understand this. Our parents didn't teach us these things" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: What Tamerlan is saying here isn't what our parents taught us. They taught us to pray, "I'm very far away from all this."

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: I last saw Tamerlan in 2012 when he came to Russia.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida begins to cry as she describes the last time she saw Tamerlan when he visited Russia in 2012 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: glad to see my brother - conflicted - when we were told he was an adherent of some type of radical Islam I was afraid @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida starts crying more.
Says she was very happy to see Tamerlan after so many years, but had "two conflicting feelings."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: glad to see my brother - conflicted - when we were told he was an adherent of some type of radical Islam I was afraid @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: I wanted to hug Tamerlan, but then we learned he was an "adherent to some kind of radical Islam."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: I'm sorry I didn't have my heart open to Tamerlan at this time, I didn't tell him how I felt about him.
More tears.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: "When I learned that he died I was so-" OBJECTION! Sustained.
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick asks if Nadia kept her son away from Tamerlan during that 2012 visit.
- My son told me and said----
Objection, sustained.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt: were you concerned about Tamerlan interacting with your son?
Naida says her son told her something - govt objects
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Naida: I said to my son, are you praying, that's enough for me
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Nadia: I said to my son, if you're praying that's enough for me (though she's not allowed to give any context to that statement.)

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense is done with direct. Govt has no cross examination. We are in morning break @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The cousins do not make eye contact as she steps down.
Judge calls for morning recess.
#Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in the courtroom. Just awaiting the judge & jury now @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge & jury are back in court. Morning break is done @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from break.
Defense calls another Suleimanova: Patimat.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next defense witness is Patimat Suleimanova. She walks to the witness stand with the assistance of another woman @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Before even testifying, Patimat begins crying, holds a tissue to her face. Dzhokhar seems uncomfortable @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Patimat is an elderly woman, who begins weeping on the stand as soon as she sits down. #Tsarnaev appears to look at her.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
She cries more heavily looking at photos of the lush mountain village of her birth; we pause, as she near-hyperventilates.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Patimat is weeping, begins breathing heavily. Testimony is stopped so she can calm down @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
All you can hear in court is Patimat crying. She seems to be having a hard time regaining composure @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Patima sobs, looks over at #Tsarnaev, who stares straight ahead (I thought I saw him look briefly her way). She can't stop crying.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge suggests letting Patimat step down to have a break she leaves court weeping.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Patimat is escorted off the stand, sobbing uncontrollably. Dzhokhar may have looked briefly. Still looks very uncomfortable @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
“@MissLove2Blog: @AlyshaNECN @NECN Are jurors crying? #Tsarnaev” They look concerned

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next defense witness is Shakhruzat Suleimanova. She was born in 1955, from the same area of Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense calls another Suleimanova: Shakhruzat. Born 1955 in Dagestan.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat also starts to weep softly as she testifies; looks over at #Tsarnaev a few feet away.
She works in hospital as nurse's assistant.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says she works in a hospital as a nurse's assistant. She is mom to 4 girls including Raisat & Naida @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat is Dzhokhar's aunt. She identifies herself & her sisters Zubeidat & Patimat & their mother in a photo @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat is the mother of the two young women who already testified; she is #Tsarnaev's aunt.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
She is shown an old photo of her and her older sister, Patimat, who just had to leave, & their baby sister: Zubeidat (#Tsarnaev's mother).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Zubeidat (Dzhokhar's mom) is the youngest sister @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says her mother had cancer. She begins getting emotional as she describes her role taking care of her sisters @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat's father was a shepherd on a collective farm; the mother did not work b/c she had cancer (these are #Tsarnaev's grandparents).

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev's mother, Zubeidat, was the youngest of 3 girls. Shakhruzat testifies that she had to run the family while their mother was ill.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat: I did everything, laundry, meals...I would console the younger children @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Patimat was older, married & lived in another home. She would travel 2hrs to help the family @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Zubeidat (then age 7) apparently had a hard time when Shakhruzat got married at age 18. Cried at the wedding.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat got married at 18, says it was very difficult for Zubeidat because she had always been there for her @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says then 7yo Zubeidat begged her to go home, was crying at her wedding, says it was very painful. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Three years after their mother died, Zubeidat went to live with her oldest brother Mukhammad Hagi @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury hears how #Tsarnaev's mother ends up living with extended family after her mother dies of breast cancer.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Zubeidat lived with her oldest brother until 9th grade, then moved in with another brother @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury seems to be looking around, fidgeting as Shakhruzat continues to describe Zubeidat was passed around after mom's death @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says the family didn't react well to Anzor (a Chechen) marrying Zubeidat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat: At first our family didn't like Anzor (#Tsarnaev's father) when he met Zebeidat; we don't like people from other ethnicities.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Now, a series of photos of the young Zubeidat & Anzor, first courting, now holding baby Tamerlan.
Lots of #Tsarnaev family backstory today.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors see a photo of Anzor & Zubeidat from their time in Siberia dressed in coats in boots. Shakhruzat: "it's very cold" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors see another photo of Anzor, Zubeidat & Tamerlan as an infant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat is very quiet and sad on the stand, she looks up at Dzhokhar every now & then @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat: The family had to move around a lot when the kids were young. It was very painful for us to have them move far away.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat: "It was very painful for us when they came & went, it's very hard when relatives move far away" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says she sent her oldest daughter Nabisat to help watch the #Tsarnaev children a couple of times for extended periods @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
She says the #Tsarnaev children had a hard time switching schools with all the moves.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
In other large #Tsarnaev/Suleimanov family photo, all the extended relatives are assembled; many we know from court, others from this case.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat identifies relatives in a family photo from the early 1990s before Dzhokhar was born @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says the last time she saw Dzhokhar in person, "he was 8 years old, he was in the 2nd grade" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhurat: Last time I saw Dzhokhar, he was 8 years old.
"He was a very good boy. Quiet, shy."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat: He was a very good boy, quiet, shy, when someone told him something he was so shy he would turn his face away" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
She says he respected his family, didn't talk back; all the #Tsarnaev kids were so good "they wouldn't hurt a fly" she testifies.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says of the #Tsarnaev brothers: "They were so good, they wouldn't hurt a fly, my sister's children was such good children" @NECN

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat was very sad to see the family move to the U.S.
Then, when Zubeidat came back to Russia to visit, she'd changed.
We were scared.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat on Zubeidat leaving: She was like a daughter to me, I raised her...it was like somebody tore her away from me @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says when Zubeidat came back to Russia one time she was all covered up "we were all shocked...very scared" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat on Zubeidat covering up: "We had never had people like that in our family" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
"We had never had people like that in our family. We prayed, we fasted, but no people like that," she says. "We cried."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says she & family couldn't believe or understand the change in Zubeidat that happened in the US - wearing black, the headscarf.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat: It was scary to look at her, we never had people like that in our family..usually you dress in black in mourning @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat says the family was usually "fun-loving" Zubeidat's appearance left them "in shock" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
When Tamerlan came back to Russia in 2012, she says, he was very different, too..talking about religion.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat on Tamerlan in Russia in 2012: "he started talking about religion, he was very different" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick asks her why she's been a little teary; objection, sustained.
Nothing further, no cross.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As Shakhruzat left the stand, she looked over at Dzhokhar & he appeared to mouth something at her @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Shakhruzat looks longingly at #Tsarnaev as she steps down; he does not make eye contact. She sits in front row, sobbing.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next defense witness is Nabisat Suleimanova, Shakhruzat's eldest daughter & Dzhokhar's cousin @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Next witness: Nabisat Suleimanova. Born '74, Dagestan.
Also looks at #Tsarnaev.
You can still hear muffled sobs of Shakhruzat in front row.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Shakhruzat is now sobbing loudly in the front row as her daughter testifies. She is being consoled by another woman @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As Nabisat continues on the stand, her mother Shakhruzat is gently rocking, hand to her mouth, eyes trained on Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat, #Tsarnaev's cousin, looks on the verge of tears on the stand.
She reviews photos of her village and home for the jury.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
In one apparently recent photo, we see Anzor, #Tsarnaev's father, in that village.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judy Clarke is now talking to Dzhokhar after coming back from outside the courtroom @NECN
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev whispers something to Judy Clarke, she leans in, her arm around him, explaining something as he strokes chin. He nods.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat discusses how in their culture the oldest male in the family is the one who's "responsible" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat explains how, in their culture, it's common for an older brother to step in for an absent father and make decisions.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat tells the jury that Dzhokhar was a premature birth.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat says Dzhokhar was born in Dagestan, says he was born prematurely @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The jury sees Dzhokhar's birth certificate. His name is spelled differently, she says perhaps it's the Chechen spelling @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
She says #Tsarnaev was born in Dagestan; his birth certificate says Kyrgyzstan. Jury sees the birth certificate now.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick pulls up this Russian-language document, suggesting Dzhokhar's name is spelled wrong on it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
This birth certificate also says Dzhokhar was born in Kyrgyzstan. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As Nabisat tries to decipher the birthdate, we have a brief sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt objects to the line of questioning about the spelling; Fick persists, judge says "Move along" and a few jurors smile.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, Nabisat says she lived with the #Tsarnaev family at one point in Kyrgyzstan @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Sidebar over, Fick moves on.
Now asking about if Nabisat ever lived with #Tsarnaev family. (Yes, in Kyrgyzstan, she says.)

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat was a frequent babysitter for the #Tsarnaev children during 1987/8 (pre-Dzhokhar).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat was 14 at the time. Her mother & sisters stayed behind in Dagestan. Her dad was operating a business there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat lived w/ #Tsarnaevs in Chechnya as well. Fick wants her to talk about what sticks out in her mind about that time, but govt objects.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick now wants to talk about the in-law relationships between families of Anzor and Zubeidat.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat says when she stayed with the #Tsarnaev family Dzhokhar was not alive yet, just Tamerlan & Bella @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick's line of questioning about what Nabisat knew of the family dynamics and about who felt what keeps earning objections; some sustained.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
After sustaining objections, judge says to defense, "let's get back on track, you remember what the case is about" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury sees photos of the "remains" of the #Tsarnaev family house in Chechnya - Nabisat stayed with them there too @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury sees photo of Anzor's mother's house in Kyrgyzstan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat says there were "some negative feelings" between Zubeidat & her mother-in-law @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar rubs his neck, looks down as this testimony continues @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Very few jurors are actually looking at the witness, some looking around, others looking down @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat sees a photo of #Tsarnaev as a little boy; she smiles.
"He's doing his homework," she says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Courtroom sees smiling photo of a young Dzhokhar "doing his homework" - it's right in front of his aunt who begins sobbing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick: what are some of your favorite memories of Dzhokhar?
- There are so many, he was so warm and caring, you wouldn't want to let him go.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat: he was a "wunderkind".
He helped one of his aunts find her maternal instincts, he was so kind.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat begins getting emotional as she describes Dzhokhar helping an aunt "discover her maternal instincts" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat says the strict aunt "would even let (Dzhokhar) urinate in the sink in the kitchen, which was very strange for us" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense gets Nabisat to say the #Tsarnaev family eventually left Chechnya because the war was unraveling @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat starts to cry too; Dzhokhar was so nice, this aunt used to let him urinate in the kitchen sink, which was very unusual for us.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick: Is there a problem with extremist ideas in Dagestan these days?
Objection.
Sustained.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
When the defense asks about extremist ideas in Dagestan, govt objects, judge sustains @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense is done with Nabisat. Govt has no questions. We are taking the lunch break now @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As #Tsarnaev leaves court, he smiles & blows a kiss to his Aunt Shakhruzat @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
It's one of the first times we've seen emotion from the marathon bomber in this entire trial @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick asks for a moment's break, then suggests we take lunch break now.
Judge says no.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev blows a kiss to his sobbing aunt and cousin as US Marshals lead him from court.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
We are on lunch recess.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
As Nabisat stepped down from stand, she offered #Tsarnaev a small, half-wave.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court following the lunch break @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev enters court, looks briefly at row where his family had been seated before lunch; they are not there now - just the translator.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge enters, immediately goes to sidebar with attorneys.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sidebar done. Attorneys return to their seats as the jury is brought in @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury enters.
Defense attorney Miriam Conrad recalls Alexa Guevara, who began her testimony last week; we ran out of time.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar's friend Alexa Guevara is being brought back to the stand to finish up her testimony from last Wednesday @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
No word on what's to come of #Tsarnaev's aunt Patimat, who was too emotional to testify earlier. We thought she'd be back after lunch.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Guevara, you may recall, went to high school with #Tsarnaev and then got closer to him in college.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Guevara says she knew Dzhokhar was from Chechnya, he did a Chechen dance for them twice @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Guevara: #Tsarnaev told us he was Chechen. We begged him to do this "really cool" ethnic dance for us. That's it from Conrad.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Guevara laughs as she says she didn't know Dzhokhar was that coordinated @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense is done. Govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
AUSA Nadine Pellegrini for the cross.
NP: #Tsarnaev used to pay for pizzas?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As AUSA Nadine Pellegrini asks about Dzhokhar not having a job but having extra money, defense objects, asks for sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
NP: he didn't have a job, but he had extra money?
- objection, may we be heard?

To sidebar.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge grants sidebar. Dzhokhar looks to the left & talks to atty Judy Clarke, avoiding looking at Guevara @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
NP: did #Tsarnaev get extra money from selling drugs?
- Yes, I just heard that--
Objection.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt: do you know if Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev got extra money from selling drugs?
Guevara: uh yes
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
NP: You smoked marijuana with #Tsarnaev right?
Guevara: Correct.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
NP: You also used your phone to communicate w/ #Tsarnaev re: how to get drugs?
Guevara: No.
NP: Do you recall testifying in 2014--

Sidebar.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Guevara admits last time they were together they bought drugs. When govt asks about Guevara's 2014 testimony another sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, Guevara says Dzhokhar came back to Cambridge during March 2013 spring break, he brought the fireworks @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Pellegrini: During spring break 2012, #Tsarnaev went back to Cambridge, like xmas break?
Guevara: I believe so.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt: Are you aware Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev left campus April 11 & didn't return until April 16th?
Guevara: not specifically
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
NP: When you guys lit fireworks along the Charles, didn't #Tsarnaev get those fireworks from a backpack in the trunk of his car?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt: Did Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev warn you not to go to the marathon April 15th, 2013?
Guevara: No he never warned me.
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
NP: Did you know about #Tsarnaev's other twitter, about his trips to a firing range, that he had a gun?
- No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Guevara: #Tsarnaev never warned me not to go to the Boston Marathon in 2013.

Nothing further from Pellegrini.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Conrad has a couple questions for re-direct exam.

Who wanted pot that night during spring break?
- It was a joint effort. (laughter)

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt done. Defense briefly asks if Dzhokhar smoked marijuana with them that evening. Guevara said no. She is excused.
@NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next defense witness is Dzhokhar's high school friend Rosa Booth - "we would sit together most days & talk & sketch" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Next witness: Rosa Booth, 21, a junior at Mass College of Art. She went to Rindge & Latin w/ #Tsarnaev.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Booth: #Tsarnaev and I sat together in class, talk and sketch during class.
"He seemed like a sweet boy."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 60m 60 minutes ago
Booth says she & Dzhokhar would hang out at parties, sit together, talk, smoke pot: "He seemed like a sweet boy" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 60m 60 minutes ago
Defense: would you consider him a leader?
Booth: no
Defense: was he willing to go along with others?
Booth: yes
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59m 59 minutes ago
Booth describes Dzhokhar as "goofy" - says "there was fluidity in his friend groups" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 60m 60 minutes ago
Booth: #Tsarnaev would go with the flow. He was "goofy".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58m 58 minutes ago
Booth: I never went to #Tsarnaev house, but that never struck me as odd. He never talked politics or religion.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Booth says she never went to Dzhokhar's house.
Defense: did that ever strike you as odd?
Booth: not in the moment
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Booth says the last time she saw Dzhokhar was August 2012 at a BBQ - jury sees a photo from that party in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57m 57 minutes ago
There's a dog in the photo named Dempsey.
Conrad: what was Dzhokhar's relationship with Dempsey the dog?

Some jurors smile.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
In the photo a dog is right in front of Dzhokhar, Booth testifies the dog loved him - at least one survivor shakes her head @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57m 57 minutes ago
Booth: I remember that day how much bulkier Dzhokhar's arms were that day, like he'd been working out.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56m 56 minutes ago
Booth says she remembers thinking Dzhokhar had gotten bigger in college, his arms were muscular @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Booth posted one of the BBQ pics on Facebook, as defense tries to show it, govt objects & we have another sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57m 57 minutes ago
Booth posted one such BBQ photo on Facebook; lawyers to sidebar now.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56m 56 minutes ago
The photo in question, from summer of 2012, was posted on Facebook, with Booth's commentary, 5 days after the marathon bombings, 4/2013.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55m 55 minutes ago
During this sidebar, I'm still thinking about how Miriam Conrad went out of her way to ask if her client & his friend's dog got along well.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Govt said it objected to the narrative in the Facebook post, which was from April 20, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
Last witness, Alexa Guevara, stayed in the court gallery after her testimony and is still sobbing.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Sidebar done. Defense: when you posted that photo on Facebook what were you feeling?
Booth: betrayal
objection - sustained
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Defense is done. AUSA Chakravarty points out Booth had one class in HS with Dzhokhar
Booth: "I had a crush on him then"
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
AC: you didn't see him very much outside of school?
Booth: no. a little Facebook contact.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Aloke Chakravaraty: You didn't know #Tsarnaev very well?
- I believed that I did.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Booth: I had a crush on him.
AC: And he asked you to the prom and you rejected him?
- Yes.

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
AC wants to talk about the witness/#Tsarnaev mutual friends, the Silva brothers (Stephen testified here) but keeps earning objections.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Booth agrees she was friends with the Silva brothers even after high school, Dzhokhar was friends with them as well @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Govt done with cross. Defense asks why Booth didn't go to the prom with Dzhokhar if she had a crush on him. "I was shy" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
AC is done. Conrad is back.
Why didn't you go to the prom with #Tsarnaev?
"Like I said I was very shy."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
Conrad is done, and judge announces there are no more witnesses since we got ahead of schedule.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Jury is excused for the day. #Tsarnaev is taken out of the courtroom. Attorneys go into sidebar with judge @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
Judge: Tomorrow is a full day, but for now, enjoy the nice weather.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is led out of court; judge calls attorneys to sidebar.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46m 46 minutes ago
The defense is done with witnesses, so that means Dzhokhar's Aunt Patimat Suleimanova will not be back to testify today @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Boston Bombing Trial: Feds Turned Away Tsarnaev Relative

"...The family member was turned around at Logan International Airport and sent right back home to Russia 10 days ago because he did not want to adhere to security measures imposed on the family members, the two sources confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing trial...."

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bo...naev-relative-whod-hoped-attend-trial-n353281

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Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cries as aunt takes stand

"Tsarnaev, who has maintained a neutral composure since his trial began, wiped his eyes and nose after his mother’s sister started sobbing during her testimony..."

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ies?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

(Patimat Suleimanova, aunt of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, could not finish her testimony due to her uncontrollable sobbing on the stand.)

 

[YESorNO]

At Boston Bombing Trial, Cousins Recall Tsarnaev's Boyhood

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bo...rial-cousins-recall-tsarnaevs-boyhood-n353271
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Tsarnaev Cousin: ‘I Categorically Reject What He Did’

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...rnaev-trial/I5TiQaxX3KEmRafWjWi9LI/story.html
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Cousin: Boston bomber was a warm, kind child

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...71/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...thon-bomber/scbm4qjxK77BGRY4wnhi1I/story.html

Raisat Suleimanova described the relationship of Tsarnaev’s parents, Anzor and Zubeidat. The defense has said the couple suffered from mental illness that allowed the older brother, Tamerlan, to assume an outsized role in the family — and allowed him to pull his younger brother into committing the terror attack.

Raisat’s sister, Naida Suleimanova, said that in 2012 she learned that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tsarnaev’s older brother, had become a radical jihadist.

“I was very happy to see my brother,’’ Naida Suleimanova said of meeting with Tamerlan. “But I had two conflicting feelings. ... We were told he was adhering to some radical Islam. I was afraid.”

While she was on the stand, the defense played a brief audio recording of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, apparently made around 2012 when he visited Dagestan in Russia in what witnesses have described as an attempt to connect with jihadists.

“I have this rage of hatred inside me,’’ Tamerlan Tsarnaev said in Russian on the tape. “Somehow deep down in my heart I don’t believe that the caliphate will be established in my lifetime.’’

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev blows a kiss to sobbing aunt & cousin who'd just testified on his behalf. Credit: Jane Rosenberg