Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
A couple jurors take quick glances at #Tsarnaev.

Judge begins his instructions on the applicable law they are to consider.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: The choice "is yours and yours alone to make" between death and life without the possibility of parole.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: the sole question is death penalty or life; there is no parole in the federal system @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: remember you have previously found Mr. #Tsarnaev guilt of 17 capital counts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge explains the jury has to decide life or death on all 17 capital counts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: You must weigh aggravating and mitigating factors in this case when coming to your sentencing decision.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge says jurors must consider aggravating & mitigating factors & weigh them against each other @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge explains "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury is looking thoughtfully at the judge, seem to be paying very close attention to instructions on the law @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: the govt. had the burden of proving its case, beyond a reasonable doubt, on each of the counts.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: The defense does have burden of proving its mitigating factors "by a preponderance of the evidence".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: What isn't evidence = closing/opening statements, the indictment itself, anything you happened to hear accidentally on the news.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: what the lawyers say in their closing arguments does not change the evidence in the case @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge says it is the jurors' judgement of the evidence that matters @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: Your focus as you deliberate must be on the body of evidence in both phases of the trial @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: "You have a very large number of exhibits" in this case, and you will have them available to you during deliberations.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: You can decide how credible a witness is, based on their appearance and demeanor during testimony.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: the appearance or demeanor of the defendant or anyone else in the courtroom should not be considered @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: potential bias of witnesses, conscious or unconscious, can be considered by the jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: You may not take into account the defendant's behavior or demeanor as you observed it during the trial.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: you may accept or reject testimony of an expert as you see fit @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: you may accept or reject testimony of an expert as you see fit @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: the fact a witness may be employed as a law enforcement official does not give more or less weight to testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: consider the evidence as a whole, consider testimony in context of all the other evidence you've heard @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: you may make inferences from the evidence - a conclusion you may draw from the available information @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge cautions jurors they cannot guess or speculate @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Judge: Use the notes you took during both phases of the trial; however, your collective memory must control your decisions.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: a defendant has a constitutional right not to testify, you may not draw any inferences from a decision not to testify @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 60m 60 minutes ago
Judge: The defendant has the constitutional right not to testify; do not draw any inference from his decision to exercise that right.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55m 55 minutes ago
Judge: if you decide the death penalty is appropriate for just one count, the death penalty will be imposed.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59m 59 minutes ago
Judge: if you vote for the death penalty on any count(s) it will be imposed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Judge: 1st you will consider whether the govt has proven beyond a reasonable doubt #Tsarnaev was at least 18 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55m 55 minutes ago
Judge: You must find #Tsarnaev was at least 18 years old at the time of his crimes.
Judge posts a copy of the verdict slip on TV screens.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
Jurors must also consider 4 "gateway" or "threshold" factors about whether #Tsarnaev intentionally killed/caused the death of his victims.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Judge: 2nd you must consider "gateway factors; 3rd you must consider statutory factors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Judge: 4th you must consider non-statutory factors; 5th you must consider whether defendant has proved mitigating factors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
Judge: 6th you must decide whether aggravating factors sufficiently outweigh mitigating factors on each offense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56m 56 minutes ago
Judge is now displaying the verdict slip for jurors so they can see it while he explains it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Judge: jurors must consider if the govt has proven beyond a reasonable doubt #Tsarnaev was 18 years or older in question 1 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
This is a very complex verdict slip the jury must go through, not a simple 'yes or no' on the death penalty @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Judge explains jury must find at least 1 of the 4 gateway factors is proved beyond a reasonable doubt to consider death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
Jurors must next consider the "statutory, aggravating" factors, including some specific to certain victims (Collier & Richard).
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
If the jury finds at least 1 gateway factor proved, the jurors must consider statutory aggravating factors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
According to this verdict slip being shown to the jury, it looks like they will have 24 pages of decisions to make @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
“@lindalou07: @Hedge76 @AlyshaNECN @NECN Do you think decision will be made today?” No I think there's too much to go through

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42m 42 minutes ago
This jury did fill out a pretty complex verdict slip in the guilt phase, so they're more prepared to tackle it than before @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
But even with the verdict slip on the screen, this is pretty difficult to follow @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40m 40 minutes ago
Judge is going over terms like "conspiracy" & "aiding & abetting" similar to when he explained them in the guilt phase @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36m 36 minutes ago
Judge is offering the legal definitions for the terms applied to #Tsarnaev's crimes that the jury will consider: "heinous, depraved, cruel".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40m 40 minutes ago
“@ScottUri99: @AlyshaNECN Are there time limits for each side during closing arguments?” Not that have been publicly released

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 38m 38 minutes ago
Judge explaining more terms - heinous, cruel, depraved - as jurors continue to listen intently @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36m 36 minutes ago
Judge explains jury must decide if these crimes were committed with "substantial planning & premeditation" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35m 35 minutes ago
Jurors do not have consider planning/premeditation elements for the Officer Collier murder, just for the marathon bombings themselves.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34m 34 minutes ago
Judge hits the hour mark - tells everyone to get up and stretch.
#Tsarnaev stays seated.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34m 34 minutes ago
Judge gave everyone a moment to "stand & stretch" - he said these instructions would be brief, but they've been pretty long @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34m 34 minutes ago
Judge explains the jury must decide whether #Tsarnaev "intentionally killed or attempted to kill" a person @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36m 36 minutes ago
Judge is back at it, reviewing another factor: whether or not #Tsarnaev intended to kill "one or more persons" with his actions.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33m 33 minutes ago
When it comes to counts regarding 8 year old Martin Richard, jury must consider if he was "particularly vulnerable due to age".
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33m 33 minutes ago
Judge says jury must decide if #Tsarnaev is responsible for Martin Richard's death, who was "particularly vulnerable due to youth" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32m 32 minutes ago
Judge explains it doesn't necessarily mean #Tsarnaev specifically targeted Martin Richard, just that he was more vulnerable to death @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
Judge moves on to non-statutory aggravating factors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 27m 27 minutes ago
Jurors must also consider whether or not #Tsarnaev has shown remorse; It's called a "non-statutory aggravating factor".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
1 factor is if #Tsarnaev made statements suggesting others would be justified committing additional acts of violence against the U.S. @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30m 30 minutes ago
The jury must consider if #Tsarnaev caused injury, harm & loss to the victims & their families @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29m 29 minutes ago
The jury must consider whether #Tsarnaev specifically targeted the Boston Marathon @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29m 29 minutes ago
The jury must also consider lack of remorse, possibly why the defense was able to introduce Sister Prejean's testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29m 29 minutes ago
“@Andersson_Truk: @AlyshaNECN What is Tsarnaev's demeanor during the instructions?” Mostly staring straight ahead, fidgeting a little

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26m 26 minutes ago
Jury must decide if #Tsarnaev engaged in "uncharged crimes" including "assault with intent to maim, mayhem and attempted murder" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22m 22 minutes ago
Jurors, while still paying attention, are looking around more, sitting back in their chairs as judge continues instructions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20m 20 minutes ago
One jurors appears to be fighting to stay awake; another has recurring coughing fits; most are paying attention to the complex instructions.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20m 20 minutes ago
Judge: After you consider aggravating factors, you must then evaluate #Tsarnaev's suggested mitigating factors; you need not be unanimous.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
Defense suggest 21 "mitigating factors", including #Tsarnaev's age, Tamerlan's influence, and the fact that his teachers liked him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22m 22 minutes ago
Judge explains the jury must also consider whether #Tsarnaev defense has proved any mitigating factors @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
Judge says mitigating factors are not meant to excuse #Tsarnaev's behavior @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Judge: it is defense's burden to prove mitigating factors only by a preponderance of the evidence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17m 17 minutes ago
Judge goes through 21 mitigating factors jurors must consider in regards to #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16m 16 minutes ago
Mitigating factors include: his age, Tamerlan's influence, his parents' influence, his remorse @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
More proposed mitigating factors: #Tsarnaev's dad was mentally ill; his friends say he was kind; his aunts, cousins love him; he has remorse

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Judge: it is not necessary for defense to prove adverse factors in the defendant's childhood caused him to commit crimes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15m 15 minutes ago
Judge: it's up to you decide how much weight every single aggravating and mitigating factor holds.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14m 14 minutes ago
Judge explains to sentence #Tsarnaev to death, jurors must find aggravating factors "sufficiently outweigh" mitigating factors @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Judge: jurors are to weigh factors on each count, only one must be found unanimously for death penalty to sentence to death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13m 13 minutes ago
Judge: Do not concern yourself with any sentence someone else might want, including victims' families; this is your job.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Judge cautions jurors to not let "passion or prejudice" influence their decisions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Judge says jurors CANNOT weigh cost of death penalty vs cost of life sentence when making decisions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12m 12 minutes ago
Judge: No juror is ever required to impose a sentence of death, decision is up to each individual juror @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12m 12 minutes ago
Judge: don't even discuss in the jury room the possible relative financial cost of either punishment; you've seen no evidence of either.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12m 12 minutes ago
Judge: This is not a mechanical or mathematical process; don't add up the aggravating and mitigating factors and decide that way.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12m 12 minutes ago
Judge says jurors can assign different weights to different aggravating/mitigating factors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11m 11 minutes ago
Judge: Your personal feelings might convince you that one factor may outweigh all the others; you are always free not to choose death.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11m 11 minutes ago
Judge says if jurors unanimously agree on all counts, life or death, they will indicate it in section 6 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11m 11 minutes ago
Judge: You must be unanimous when you vote for death, and you must decide that the aggravating factors outweigh mitigating ones in that case

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11m 11 minutes ago
Judge says if jurors unanimously agree on all counts, life or death, they will indicate it in section 6 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10m 10 minutes ago
The verdict form has a place for jurors to select: unanimous decision for death on all counts OR life on all counts OR death on some.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
In the final sections, each juror must sign the verdict slip @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10m 10 minutes ago
At the end, every juror must sign the form certifying their decision.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10m 10 minutes ago
Judge ends instructions for now, says he will have more soon, after closings are complete.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
Judge is done with instructions. He says we will take a short break before government begins its closing argument @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
Judge calls for "a very short recess" before closings start.

 

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Jury To Soon Begin Deliberating Tsarnaev’s Fate

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/05/12/jury-to-soon-begin-deliberating-tsarnaevs-fate/

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Everyone is taking their seats, as closing arguments are about to begin. Govt first, then defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8m 8 minutes ago
Judge & jury are back in the courtroom @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8m 8 minutes ago
AUSA Steve Mellin is about to begin the government's main closing argument @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
Back from break, prosecutor Steve Mellin stands to deliver the main govt close.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8m 8 minutes ago
Mellin's argument will be supplemented with TV screens.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
Mellin begins by saying there is a certain clarity that comes as people are close to death; victims had it, and so did this defendant.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
Mellin cites the boat note #Tsarnaev wrote in Watertown; saying that was #Tsarnaev's explanation for his crimes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8m 8 minutes ago
Govt: "In #Tsarnaev's moment of clarity he wrote 'now I don't like killing innocent people but in this case it is allowed'" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
Mellin: now, remember the beautiful scene on Boylston Street, 2:45 pm on Marathon monday, when this defendant walks up.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6m 6 minutes ago
Mellin says he wants to start on Boylston St, begins describing #Tsarnaev placing bomb behind the Richard family @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6m 6 minutes ago
Govt: "His goal was to murder & mutilate" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6m 6 minutes ago
Mellin: "He had already decided that killing innocents was justified; in fact, killing innocents was the whole point."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6m 6 minutes ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev bombed the marathon "to punish his perceived enemies," in this case, children.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6m 6 minutes ago
Govt: The defendant picked the Boston Marathon...he put the backpack down behind those children & he waited @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Mellin pauses for 20 seconds & then says #Tsarnaev waited 12 times as long behind those families to detonate the bomb @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
Mellin pauses for 20 seconds and says #Tsarnaev waited almost 12 times longer than that, standing behind children, after he placed his bomb.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Mellin: "This is what terrorism looks like, it's Martin Richard bleeding on the ground in agony" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
Mellin: "This is what terrorism looks like. It's Martin Richard bleeding on the ground in agony."
He shows jury picture from Boylston St.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
"It's not just the dead and the wounded who were injured by the defendant's crimes. Others suffered unspeakable pain."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
Mellin describes in graphic detail how each victim died in agony & how the wounded were painfully maimed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
Jurors now see a photo of Krystle Campbell.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
Mellin: "His actions have earned him a sentence of death."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
Mellin: he killed indiscriminately...his actions have earned him a sentence of death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
Govt shows smiling photos of the victims as he describes them and how difficult life has been without them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Jury sees photos of Krystle Campbell then Sean Collier, both smiling, happy and spending time with family @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Mellin: Think of the loss suffered by the Campbell family, the Collier family. Their lives are forever changed, clouded.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Govt: Sean Collier's murder caused his family a new world of pain @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin is recounting some of the painful, emotional testimony about the victims @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Collier's photo is now on the screen, from "the happiest day of his life", when he became a police officer, Mellin says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Now jurors see a photo of Lingzi Lu, an only child, her parents' future - Mellin: "that future ended on April 15, 2013" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: their pain will never go away @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33s 34 seconds ago
Next, the photo of Lingzi Lu, wearing Minnie Mouse ears, smiling. Mellin recalls her aunt's tearful testimony.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin appears to choke up as he recounts the eulogy Lu's father gave for his daughter.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52s 52 seconds ago
Mellin: Bill Richard knew immediately that there was no hope for Martin @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin next shows a photo of the scene where Martin Richard died, recounting the family's horrific few moments there.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 34 seconds ago
Mellin: Martin's body was covered by a tablecloth on Boylston St., those are the last images Denise will have of her son @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: Remember Bill Richard told you how they had to keep telling Jane that her brother was dead as she drifted in & out of consciousness.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36s 36 seconds ago
Mellin: So much loss and suffering for one family to bear. "It's too much," he says. Jury sees a photo of Martin, running a race.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 14 seconds ago
Mellin on Bill Richard: "Unfortunately because of this defendant he will never hear Martin's voice again" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48s 48 seconds ago
Mellin: this defendant blinded the mother, maimed their 6yo old daughter & blew apart their 8yo son @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30s 30 seconds ago
"There is no just punishment" for what #Tsarnaev did to the Richard family "other than death," Mellin says.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4s 4 seconds ago
Mellin: After destroying these lives, this defendant was "stress free and remorse free" and went to go buy some milk.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Mellin: his actions destroyed so many families & he and he alone is responsible for causing so much death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
"He, and he alone, is responsible for his actions in causing so much death, sadness, and fear."- Mellin

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Mellin turns to the verdict form, calls it a guide that "can clearly point to only one thing: a sentence of death."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin revisits the verdict slip, explains the jury should easily find #Tsarnaev was at least 18 @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: "the defendant knew what kind of hell was going to happen and be unleashed and he intended to kill people" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36s 36 seconds ago
Mellin puts on the screen a simple list of the 6 aggravating factors at hand, hoping to make the process clearer to jurors

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52s 53 seconds ago
Mellin says the jury only needs to find 1 statutory aggravating factor, says in this case there are 6 @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51s 51 seconds ago
Mellin: remember the explosion, the rivers of blood running down the sidewalk.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59s 60 seconds ago
Mellin: we offer 6 aggravating factors; you need only find one (i.e., premeditation; vulnerable victim; multiple killings; heinous & cruel.


Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 12 seconds ago
Factors: during other crime, multiple deaths, substantial planning, grave risk of death, depraved manner, vulnerable victim @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9s 9 seconds ago
Mellin: Think of the planning #Tsarnaev did; research on his computer, firing range visit, the tweet suggesting it's time to "take action".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41s 41 seconds ago
Mellin: he waited to commit these murders on school holiday...he did that so the bombings would be as terrifying as possible @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 21 seconds ago
Mellin: The defendant could have reflected and "stood down" at any point on his path to all this terror; he did not.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 36 seconds ago
Mellin: At any point along this long journey committing terrorism, the defendant could have reconsidered @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
Mellin: The defendant killed & helped kill 4 people, how many others did he almost kill? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45s 46 seconds ago
Now, photos of the Corcorans, mother and daughter, who testified about their pain, that day and still now.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3s 4 seconds ago
Jury sees bloody photo of Jeff Bauman, Mellin recalls his testimony about seeing his bone jutting from his leg @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36s 36 seconds ago
"Look at all of the mayhem," Mellin says, showing that awful photo of Jeff Bauman, legs blown off, on a sidewalk red with blood.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30s 30 seconds ago
Mellin: You saw video of Marc Fucarile - still on fire and blooded.
Photos of Fucarile now.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
Now a photo of Marc Fucarile is shown, bleeding and lying on fire on the sidewalk - Mellin "he still isn't out of the woods" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
Mellin: none of this was by accident, remember what Inspire Magazine said...it recommends using a pressure cooker @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48s 48 seconds ago
Mellin: "Remember what Inspire Magazine says..." it recommends placing the pressure cooker "in a crowded area".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
Mellin says "it's a miracle" victims like Fucarile, Bauman & the Corcorans survived @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin: The bombs burned their skin, twisted their bodies & tore gaping holes into their torsos @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
Mellin reads the article "How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" - it's exactly what the defendant did @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 17 seconds ago
Mellin says #Tsarnaev didn't want to merely kill people, "he wanted to torment them to make a political statement" @NECN

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin cites definitions of "heinous, cruel and depraved"offered by judge; #Tsarnaev's goal, not to just kill but to shred his victims apart

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54s 54 seconds ago
"He wanted to torment them to make a political statement. He knew these bombs would make people suffer."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 14 seconds ago
Mellin: "You know that Krystle lived to feel that excruciating pain because you can see her screaming on the sidewalk" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7s 7 seconds ago
Mellin shows the photo of Campbell screaming in pain on the sidewalk moments before her death.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 10 seconds ago
Mellin: "No one deserves to be killed by a terrorist bomb, but some can be more vulnerable" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · now
Mellin: There wasn't a part of Martin's body that wasn't harmed; he was short, so he was more exposed to the shrapnel.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: Martin was 53 inches tall. He weighed 69 pounds.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 11 seconds ago
Mellin: "can there be anyone more vulnerable than a little boy next to a weapon of mass destruction?" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16s 17 seconds ago
Mellin: Choosing the Boston Marathon to attack makes this crime even worse; it's a school holiday, attracts families. #Tsarnaev went in 2012

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 4 seconds ago
Mellin: he knew his bomb was likely to kill children in front of their parents, parents in front of their children, or both @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 8 seconds ago
Mellin: he knew the marathon was televised...allowing him to terrorize people all over the world @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38s 38 seconds ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev knew this international event would get international coverage, allowing him to terrorize the world.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35s 35 seconds ago
Govt: "hard to think of a better place to murder people than the Boston Marathon if you want to make a political statement" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18s 18 seconds ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev chose next to kill Sean Collier precisely because he was a police officer with gun; "that makes all of us more vulnerable"

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 36 seconds ago
Mellin says killing of a police officer is terrorism because "that makes us all vulnerable" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 32s 33 seconds ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev tried hard to kill other police officers as well, in Watertown.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 38 seconds ago
Mellin says #Tsarnaev also intended to kill or injure Watertown police officers @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15s 16 seconds ago
Mellin shows still photos of the Laurel Street firefight, bombs "hurled at officers".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 13 seconds ago
Mellin: while his brother shot at the officers, the defendant lit bombs & hurled them at the officers...trying to kill them @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Throughout this closing argument, #Tsarnaev is staring straight ahead, moving very little @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin says #Tsarnaev's choice to head down Laurel Street was his last chance to kill police; he'd end up running over his brother.


Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin goes back to the bombing, says 20 mins later "he strolled into Whole Foods" like nothing was wrong @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev has shown demonstrated lack of remorse throughout. We begin with him at Whole Foods, buying milk post-bombing. Photo shown

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin shows #Tsarnaev tweet from the night of the bombing, "Ain't no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43s 43 seconds ago
Mellin says that night #Tsarnaev "had the gall to tweet 'ain't no love in the heart of the city'" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev couldn't have been more wrong; there was much love in the heart of this city.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 15 seconds ago
Mellin: "make no mistake, love prevailed in the heart of Boston that night" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37s 38 seconds ago
Mellin: day after the bombings, as amputees woke up without limbs, #Tsarnaev goes to the gym, later tweets: "I'm a stress free kind of guy".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Mellin: 3 months after the bombings #Tsarnaev comes into court...he has had months to reflect on pain & suffering he has caused @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46s 46 seconds ago
Mellin: finally, in July, 2013, the defendant comes to court to be charged.
Mellin shows the middle finger photo.
"Not a trace of remorse"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18s 18 seconds ago
"Who is capable of being stress free...showing so little remorse? Only a terrorist." - Mellin

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 7 seconds ago
Mellin shows jurors #Tsarnaev's middle finger photo, "You cannot see a trace of remorse on his face" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · now
Mellin: "Frankly, it's not even close" that these aggravating factors outweigh whatever mitigating ones the defense proposes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15s 15 seconds ago
Mellin: Let me talk about some of these mitigating factors; they deserve little weight. We all deal with many of them ourselves.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12s 13 seconds ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev was almost 20, old enough to know right from wrong.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 39s 39 seconds ago
Mellin: As far as Tamerlan #Tsarnaev, he was not the defendant's master; they were partners in crime.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34s 34 seconds ago
Mellin says the jury has heard a lot about Tamerlan but "they we're partners in crime & brothers in arms" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 29 seconds ago
Mellin: the defendant independently got the gun used to murder Sean Collier, he chose Forum as a bombing site @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · now
The courtroom is silent as Mellin reads the names of the victims #Tsarnaev maimed, ending with a photo of Jane Richard @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30s 30 seconds ago
Mellin slowly lists all the people maimed by #Tsarnaev's bombs, many of whom have testified here. He ends with "little Jane Richard".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9s 9 seconds ago
"He returned to UMass Dartmouth in secret triumph," Mellin says. And not once does he tweet "Tamerlan made me do it."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 7 seconds ago
Govt:he returned to UMassDartmouth in secret triumph & tweeted...not once in those tweets did he say"Tamerlan made me do it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 29 seconds ago
Mellin: he led the way to the last stand...wrote the manifesto "I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17s 17 seconds ago
Mellin quotes the boat note again: #Tsarnaev's writing that he and he alone can't stand to see evil go unpunished; no blame to Tamerlan.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: You heard that #Tsarnaev learned the value of love and caring and support from his family, yet he destroyed it all.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55s 56 seconds ago
Mellin: Some of you have told us you think a life sentence is worse than death; we've shown you that is not that case.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
Mellin says some jurors expressed that life in prison may be worse than death, but says warden explained it wouldn't be @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev can get college degree in prison, exercise outdoors, watch TV, write a book, have a window in his cell, visit with family.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37s 37 seconds ago
Mellin: #Tsarnaev can see and talk to his family, write unlimited letters to them. "He is a young man in good health."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 32 seconds ago
Mellin says #Tsarnaev would get to see his family in person, talk to them on the phone, write unlimited letters @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7s 7 seconds ago
Mellin: "His life will not be worse than death" especially as the restrictions on him are loosened over the years.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3s 4 seconds ago
Mellin: "This defendant does not want to die. You know that."
He did everything in his power to avoid becoming a martyr like his brother.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18s 18 seconds ago
"A death sentence is not giving him what he wants. It is giving him what he deserves."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 11 seconds ago
Mellin: "a death sentence is not giving him what he wants, it is giving him what he deserves" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57s 58 seconds ago
Mellin: "a death sentence is not giving him what he wants, it is giving him what he deserves" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
Mellin says nothing can bring back the victims or repair the wounded, but all jurors said they could vote to impose death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9s 10 seconds ago
Mellin: You all said, in the right case, you could vote to impose a sentence of death.
"This is that case."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3s 4 seconds ago
Mellin: don't be swayed by #Tsarnaev's baby photos. All murderers start out as cute children, but sometimes they grow up to be killers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 31 seconds ago
Mellin: he went after core values of society...after all the carnage & fear & terror he caused the right decision is clear @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 6 seconds ago
Mellin ends with - "The only sentence that will serve justice in this case is a death sentence" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 21 seconds ago
Mellin ends, telling them the jury has no choice but to impose a death sentence.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 20 seconds ago
Judge excuses jury for lunch; defense asks for sidebar.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
The jury is excused for lunch and #Tsarnaev is brought out of the courtroom as attys go into sidebar with judge @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
Everyone but the jurors remains in court during this sidebar.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Mellin's closing argument took an hour, but there may also be a govt rebuttal after the defense closing @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[Bravo]

Wowsers that most moving and powerful. I say "Death" if there was ever a case more deserving this is one of them. I want him to know where he is going is not going to be the Paradise he may envision. All IMO. Thanks to all here who have dedicated themselves to this case and the tweets and updates. These poor victims have already been sentenced to life. A life of pain and heartache. Life seems to good for this !%&*!

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7m 7 minutes ago
Sidebar done, court scheduled to resume at 1:15 @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court after the lunch break. Still waiting on judge & jury @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24s 25 seconds ago
Lunch over; judge, jury, #Tsarnaev return to courtroom.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 38s 38 seconds ago
The judge & jury are back in the courtroom. Sidebar requested. Defense closing argument will be next @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38s 38 seconds ago
Judy Clarke to deliver the defense closing, but first, another sidebar.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Sidebar done, Judy Clarke begins defense closing argument @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judy Clarke approaches the jury.
"This time has come for you to decide" what to do...

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: I come before you to ask you to choose life.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: Use your wisdom, and your "moral sense" to decide what to do.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: you have the unenviable task of considering everything you heard in court...and deciding an answer to that question @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48s 49 seconds ago
Clarke: we told you when we agreed with the evidence of the prosecution & when we disagreed with their theories & why @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: We lawyers have "stood with Jahar for many months", we told you about his background, his life, and now.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
"I need to talk with you about Jahar, but before I do..." I must tell you this story is not about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53s 54 seconds ago
Clarke: This story is about the tragedy of the brothers' making.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13s 13 seconds ago
Clarke: "The story of the boston marathon bombing" is about the strength and resilience of those who were affected by that horrific act.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 28 seconds ago
Clarke: and it's about more than that - the victims' "determination to survive & thrive" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56s 56 seconds ago
Clarke: the Boston Marathon bombing is about resilience & the strength of those so severely affected by those acts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3s 3 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev doesn't want your sympathy; that belongs with the victims and families. But please try to understand him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 39 seconds ago
Clarke:I'm not asking you to excuse him, there are no excuses. I'm not asking you for sympathy, our sympathy is with victims @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12s 13 seconds ago
Clarke puts a map up on the jurors' private screen, showing all the moving the #Tsarnaev family did around the world.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44s 44 seconds ago
Clarke asks jurors to keep their minds open as she says they promised to do when selected as jurors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13s 13 seconds ago
Clarke: "I'm asking you to try to understand how the unimaginable occurred" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 24 seconds ago
Clarke begins talking about the #Tsarnaev family, shows the map of Chechnya, Dagestan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50s 50 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev's parents were troubled; there were "mixed reviews" about his mother and her behavior.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8s 8 seconds ago
Clarke: Zubeidat #Tsarnaev "was a force in the family."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48s 48 seconds ago
Clarke says it was clear #Tsarnaev's parents were "troubled" and his mother was "a force" - mixed reviews about her personality @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 12 seconds ago
Clarke on Dzhokhar as opposed to his family: "He was a quiet kid, he kept his head down & did his homework" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15s 15 seconds ago
Clarke: Zubeidat had great plans for Tamerlan, "but where was Jahar through all this?" He was the quiet kid, working hard, doing homework.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 4 seconds ago
Clarke shows jurors the young photos of Dzhokhar as she recounts his teachers' testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 28s 29 seconds ago
Clarke shows jurors pictures of #Tsarnaev dancing in his grade-school classroom, smiling. His teachers loved him, saw great promise in him.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 26s 27 seconds ago
Jurors are all listening intently to Clarke, as she makes sure she shows the photo of #Tsarnaev holding his teacher's newborn baby.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Clarke says Dzhokhar's teachers loved him, shows photo of #Tsarnaev holding teacher Becki Norris' baby @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 36 seconds ago
Clarke then asks, but where were his parents? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21s 21 seconds ago
Clarke: "But where was Dzhokhar's dad?"
Dzhokhar "was the invisible kid", ignored by his father who preferred Tamerlan the boxer.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 32s 32 seconds ago
Clarke reads from the college recommendation letter the jury has already seen, written by one of #Tsarnaev's high school teachers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 22 seconds ago
Clarke shows & reads Dzhokhar's college recommendation letter from a teacher saying he continued to excel in school @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17s 18 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev did model UN, helped disabled kids, wrestled.
But "he seemed to do high school on his own." Parents were no-shows.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 21 seconds ago
Clarke points out once again Dzhokhar's parents weren't at school, weren't at wrestling team's senior day @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 23 seconds ago
Clarke says we now know what was going on at home - Anzor having medical issues, Tamerlan being influenced by Misha @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 35 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev's parents were splitting up, Tamerlan was studying conspiracy theories, his mom embraces conservative religious views.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 46 seconds ago
Clarke says Zubeidat was changing drastically, conservative dress, conservative religious views @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · now
Clarke : you heard from Zubeidat's sisters & her nieces that her change in appears scared them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17s 17 seconds ago
Clarke shows jury the US reports they've already seen, confirming #Tsarnaev's mom and brother were subjects of investigation for radicalism.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 25 seconds ago
Clarke shows jurors the letter from Russian authorities warning of the radicalization of Zubeidat & Tamerlan #Tsarnaev @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24s 25 seconds ago
Clarke: Meantime, Anzor #Tsarnaev, the dad, was becoming "more and more disabled", mentally unstable.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15s 15 seconds ago
Clarke reviews Anzor's terrible and lengthy mental health problems.
This was Dzhokhar's dad, she says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
Clarke moves on to Anzor's medical issues and his steep decline in mental health @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17s 17 seconds ago
Clarke recounts the #Tsarnaev family's landlord's son's testimony about the changes in the family @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 28 seconds ago
Clarke: "We know there were serious problems in the home" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 35 seconds ago
Clarke: But #Tsarnaev still had friends; you saw some of them. They call him "sweet, shy, and goofy". He was respectful to girls.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18s 18 seconds ago
Clarke recounts Dzhokhar's friends' testimony "he was kind & funny" "laid back" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev's friends, wrestling team buddies, coach - none would ever have thought he was capable of the bombings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke shows photos of #Tsarnaev while reminding the jury that friends & teachers couldn't believe he would be involved in this @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 42s 43 seconds ago
Clarke: The one constant in #Tsarnaev's life? He was "the invisible child."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke says in his family, "Dzhokhar became the invisible child" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke: Dzhokhar's friend cried when she told you she misses the guy she knew @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: 2012 "was a remarkably unsettling year for Dzhokhar."
Brother goes to Russia to seek jihad, his parents separated.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3s 4 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev's mom goes to Russia in 9/2012 for good, and chooses not to support or guide her younger son.
He's left alone w/ Tamleran.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: his sole source of support & strength by the fall of 2012 was his older brother Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 6 seconds ago
Clarke says even in American culture younger siblings revere older siblings, but it's much stronger in Chechen culture @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46s 46 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan had charisma, was bigger, older. As in many families, a younger brother will revere his older brother, esp. w/ Chechens.

 

[katydid23]

Oh Lord. His parents moved around a lot so he had to bomb little children?

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: the story of Dzhokhar cannot be told without knowing the story of Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev


Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33s 34 seconds ago
Clarke: "So we need to talk about Tamerlan" even if the government wants to minimize him.
"Tamerlan did influence Dzhokhar."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · now
Clarke: The story of the Boston Marathon bombing cannot be realistically told without Tamerlan #Tsarnaev.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 20 seconds ago
Clarke: we can see it in the pictures from very young what these kids meant to each other @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 32 seconds ago
Clarke on Tamerlan: he was a skilled boxer but he would listen to no one...he tried and he failed...something happened @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56s 57 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan was a skilled boxer, but he couldn't go to the Olympics, he didn't hold a job, stopped going to school; things went wrong.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42s 43 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev has a similar reaction during this closing argument, very little movement, looking straight ahead @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5s 6 seconds ago
Clarke shows photo of Tamerlan and wife, Katherine Russell, saying she is another example of Tamerlan's incredible power/influence over ppl.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23s 23 seconds ago
Clarke shows jury a photo of Katherine Russell, describing how Tamerlan changed her dramatically @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49s 50 seconds ago
Clarke describes that Tamerlan was able to change "this strong-willed, independent young college student" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 14s 15 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan #Tsarnaev goes to Russia looking for jihad in the streets, totally naive, but unwilling to change his mind.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan was on the radar, the terrorist watch list @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 23s 24 seconds ago
Clarke turns to Steve Mellin, saying...to say that Tamerlan didn't influence Jahar is to ignore all the exchanges between them.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 37 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan was sending radical extremist materials to Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
Clarke reviews the Inspire Magazine file transfers from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar's computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21s 21 seconds ago
Clarke shows jurors that horrific desktop wallpaper from Tamerlan's computer: bloodied, dead children lying on the street.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 5 seconds ago
Clarke on Tamerlan: "he was consumed with radical, extreme ideas" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 27s 28 seconds ago
Clarke: While Tamerlan is in Russia, Jahar is smoking pot, drinking underage, partying with his friends - not doing radical jihad.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke says while Tamerlan was in Russia sending radical materials, Dzhokhar was at "bro nights" with his friends @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 23 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan left the U.S. wanting to wage war, as a jihadi wannabe, he couldn't make it there, so he'd create his own @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke reads from messages the brothers exchange - Dzhokhar telling Tamerlan, I miss you, I hope you're ok.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: Tamerlan wanted to wage war overseas, but was rejected and came back to the US to create his own.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: To say that Dzhokhar was a jihadi as a sophomore in college "is just wrong...You know it, I know it."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49s 50 seconds ago
Clarke: To say Dzhokhar was a jihadi at the start of his sophomore year is just wrong @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 7 seconds ago
Clarke: "Dzhokhar would never have done this but for Tamerlan. The tragedy never would have occurred but for Tamerlan. None of it."

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: We've never denied Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev put that backpack down outside the Forum restaurant.


Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33s 34 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev was "foolish enough" to get that gun for his brother; do you really think otherwise?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10s 11 seconds ago
Clarke: Whose fingerprints were on the gun used to kill Officer Collier? Tamerlan.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke: we told you they went to Boylston St-that is the tragic truth...Dzhokhar would never have done this but for Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42s 42 seconds ago
Clarke: Tamerlan was determine to die in a blaze of gunfire & Dzhokhar panicked, he ran & he hid in a boat & he wrote @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 36 seconds ago
Clarke: Dzhokhar ran for his life from the Watertown scene, and hid in a boat, writing words he'd memorized.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 12 seconds ago
Clarke: when Dzhokhar was spotted in the boat with no weapon & ordered out, he came out of the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25s 25 seconds ago
Clarke: But what was going on in #Tsarnaev's head?
He wrote his brother had gone before him in death, but then asks EMTs,where's my brother?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 28s 28 seconds ago
Clarke: When he's caught, he follows the instructions of the police, the paramedics, and asks how is brother is.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51s 52 seconds ago
Clarke: he accepted treatment & he asked about his brother @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3s 3 seconds ago
Clarke: "How did this happen?"
There's no easy answer to that question.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · now
Clarke: so how does all this happen...he's a good kid...how does he do it...if only there was an easy answer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 5 seconds ago
Clarke: sometimes children who are forgotten or neglected...their hollowness is not filled up by the dominant person in life @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: Sometimes star-crossed lovers have good marriages, & immigrant families succeed, & the mentally ill get treatment.
Sometimes not.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11s 12 seconds ago
Clarke: I have no "simple and clean answer" why a young man "who had never sassed a teacher" did this, "I don't have it. I don't have it."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 21 seconds ago
Clarke: if you're looking for an answer...I don't have it @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev is not the worst of the worst, and that's what the death penalty is reserved for @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 20 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev shifts in his chair, leaning back, hand to his head as Clarke tries to save his life @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: "The death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst."
That's not Dzhokhar.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: You promised us that at sentencing you would look beyond the crime itself. When you deliberate, you'll have the chance to do that.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 25 seconds ago
Clarke reminds jurors they promised to look beyond the crime itself when deciding sentencing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34s 35 seconds ago
Clarke agrees w/ what Mellin said - you've pretty much already decided yes to all the aggravating factors. But now, consider mitigating ones

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 9 seconds ago
Clarke says she realizes jurors pretty much decided on aggravating factors, but asks that they consider mitigating ones @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 46 seconds ago
Clarke: is his life worth saving, is there hope for him? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 35 seconds ago
Clarke: you'll have to ask yourselves, is there hope for #Tsarnaev?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · now
Clarke revisits the adolescent brain scans and why teenagers' brains are so different @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45s 46 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev was young. Don't forget that. We all know teenagers don't make good decisions; our expert even testified to that.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23s 23 seconds ago
Clarke says there's nothing to show that Dzhokhar will be difficult to supervise @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54s 55 seconds ago
Clarke: Nothing suggests that #Tsarnaev will be difficult to house or control in prison. He's been incarcerated for 2 years w/o problems.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16s 17 seconds ago
Clarke: What does the gov't show you? a still frame image of #Tsarnaev throwing a middle finger? who gets written up for that?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 32 seconds ago
Clarke says over 2 years in jail the one thing Dzhokhar did wrong was flip his middle finger at the camera @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25s 26 seconds ago
Clarke: And after that split-second? When #Tsarnaev is called out for it? He says he is sorry.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 31 seconds ago
Clarke says Dzhokhar stuck up his middle finger for a split second & then apologized @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38s 38 seconds ago
Clarke: And then we have Sister Prejean, who ministers those who have committed terrible crimes. He was respectful to this Catholic nun.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12s 12 seconds ago
Clarke: Prejean couldn't believe how young #Tsarnaev was; she told you is sorry for the suffering the victims felt.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 40 seconds ago
Clarke reminds jurors of Sister Helen Prejean's testimony that #Tsarnaev was genuinely sorry for what he's done @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 14 seconds ago
Clarke: that does not sound like what he wrote in the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17s 17 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev has shown "growth" and "maturity".
"This kid is on that path of growth and remorse."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 4 seconds ago
Clarke: Sister Helen showed you #Tsarnaev is on the path to change & remorse @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 44s 44 seconds ago
Clarke: An unrepentant, uncaring, untouched jihadi would never meet with a Catholic nun and open up to her, reveal his regret.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9s 9 seconds ago
Clarke: There's no way #Tsarnaev pulled the wool over Sister Prejean's eyes. And she's never going to come in here and lie to you.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11s 12 seconds ago
Clarke: And if he was this "hate-filled jihadi" the govt wants you to believe he is, why would he try to convince a nun otherwise?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 30 seconds ago
Clarke asks jurors what person doesn't hope to mature between age 19 and 21? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 31 seconds ago
Clarke says the picture the government painted of #Tsarnaev as unrepentant & unchanged is not true @NECN

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke tells jurors of the statutory & non-statutory aggravating factors "you can check them off" except two @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke: All those aggravating factors on the verdict form?
"Check them off." You already know they apply.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke says "Dzhokhar is remorseful today, he has grown in the past two years" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: There are 2 aggravating factors, though, that I want you to re-consider: first, #Tsarnaev has shown remorse, he is sorry.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: the other aggravating factor I want you to consider: The allegation #Tsarnaev killed Officer Collier.
"He didn't pull the trigger."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke says the other factor jurors shouldn't just "check off" is responsibility for Officer Collier's death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev aided and abetted in Collier's murder, but his brother pulled the trigger.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51s 51 seconds ago
Clarke says Dzhokhar was legally responsible for Collier's death, but he didn't pull the trigger @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Now Clarke focuses on mitigating factors, telling the jury than can mark down "12" meaning all agree - govt begins to object @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 41s 42 seconds ago
Clarke is reviewing how jurors can fill out the form, saying they should write Tamerlan influenced Jahar.
Govt rises to object; overruled.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 28 seconds ago
Judge allows Clarke to continue. She moves on to determination of the sentence "that's where your work begins" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Clarke on aggravating vs mitigating factors: "It isn't a list & then the longest list wins" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15s 16 seconds ago
Clarke: You can find 1 mitigating factor outweighs every aggravating one
Or, find there are no mitigating factors and still not impose death

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44s 44 seconds ago
Clarke: there is no law that ever requires that a sentence of death be imposed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
Clarke : you have a duty to deliberate...but the law values life & you have no obligation to vote for death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · now
Clarke: You have an obligation to discuss & hear each other's views.
"But the law values life and you have no obligation to vote for death."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
Clarke: "Each one of you is a safeguard for the death penalty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 7 seconds ago
Clarke: "Each one of you is a safeguard against the death penalty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke cautions jurors: a single count for the death sentence is death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: a death sentence will not be imposed unless each one of you decides that it should be @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: Understand that the death penalty on a single count will sentence #Tsarnaev to death, regardless of other counts.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
Clarke: if you sentence #Tsarnaev to life, he WILL go to ADX, he will be under SAMs, he's under them now @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38s 39 seconds ago
Clarke again shows the frozen tundra version photo of ADX in Colorado. Tells jurors how restrictive conditions would be for him there.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 21 seconds ago
Clarke: "Let's get real, this isn't a club. It isn't a resort. This is the most rigid, punitive prison in America."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 27s 27 seconds ago
Clarke: This is a prison where 29 grown men vie for the job that lets them scrub the showers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: it's a place where 29 men vie for the privilege to clean the showers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 26s 26 seconds ago
Clarke: No one can give you "a 100% guarantee" #Tsarnaev will always stay in the H-unit there, but the people at this table will decide.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 26s 26 seconds ago
Clarke: These people "are hardly softies".

"There will be no book. There will be no coded messages. There will be nothing."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47s 47 seconds ago
Clarke: if for some reason #Tsarnaev gets out of H Unit, he's still going to be in solitary confinement, there will be no book @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 6 seconds ago
Clarke: Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev will die in prison. The question is when or how.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
Clarke: with either option Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev dies in prison, the difference is when @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · now
Clarke says you may ask why shouldn't he suffer as the victims did - those questions are completely understandable @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 22s 23 seconds ago
Clarke: "We are asking you to choose life. Yes, even for the Boston Marathon bomber."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 21 seconds ago
Clarke: You've heard it - if this isn't a case for the death penalty, what is? But that comes from a place of pain.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · now
Clarke: But there is no punishment that can balance these scales.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke: there's no punishment, not even a death sentence, that would balance the scales @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 27 seconds ago
Clarke: life without release is not a lesser sentence than death, it is an OTHER sentence than death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18s 18 seconds ago
Clarke: #Tsarnaev will die under bleak conditions, with no fame and no attention, and no glory or stature that martyrdom might bring.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Clarke: He will have no glory & stature that martyrdom would bring @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 38s 39 seconds ago
Clarke: a sentence of life in prison does not in any way minimize what he has done @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56s 57 seconds ago
Clarke: Life in prison "doesn't dishonor the victims in this case."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11s 12 seconds ago
Clarke: The gov't claims #Tsarnaev was motivated to bomb the marathon by an eye-for-an-eye mentality. Is that who we also are?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 25 seconds ago
Clarke tells jurors even if they believe the "eye for an eye" boat writing is who Dzhokhar was, "that's not who we are" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 27s 27 seconds ago
Clarke: Life in prison "reflects justice and mercy" and allows for redemption.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 33 seconds ago
Clarke: I ask you to make a decision of strength, that shows the resiliency of this community...I ask you to choose life @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40s 41 seconds ago
Clarke closes by thanking the jurors, steps away from the podium.
Judge asks for another stretch break.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13s 13 seconds ago
Clarke is done with the defense closing. We will take a brief recess before government rebuttal @NECN #Tsarnaev