Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
I'm back at federal court after being away for a few days because of the snow. #Tsarnaev jury selection continues this morning @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
So @Laurel_Sweet and me in courtroom for Tsarnaev, he's left sports jacket on chair. Has a tight tan shirt, type found at Express for Men

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
@Laurel_Sweet and @MiltonValencia manning the Courtroom 9 pool today. So far, 129 prospective jurors interviewed for #Tsarnaev.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court speaking with his attorneys before jurors are brought in @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
In Courtroom, waiting on judge and jurors. Tsarnaev leaning over shoulder of jury consultant looking at documents.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Saw them scouring under the hood of a van this morning as a (wet!) dog sniffed out the interior. Day 14 of jury selection.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is playing it warm and casual today in an oatmeal colored sweater instead of the suit jacket he seems to detest.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
His arms look like he's been making good use of push-up time in solitary.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev and attorney Miriam Conrad are sharing a laugh as they browse her computer.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court speaking with his attorneys before jurors are brought in @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev just took his black jacket off and is sitting back in his chair in a sweater before court begins @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge and jury have arrived. We have 13 potential jurors, six men and seven women. Judge giving instructions.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
We've seen 129 jurors interviewed over 10 days. On Day 11, we could see another 13.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Rumblings from the trial table that we may have 13 jurors called in today. Waiting on Judge O'Toole.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Prosecutor Bill Weinreb noticeably absent from his team. They have until 5 p.m. to respond to #Tsarnaev venue change request.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev defense has also asked appellate court to stop jury selection.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The jurors have been brought in & Judge O'Toole is instructing them on the 11th day of voir dire in the #Tsarnaev trial jury selection @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Sometimes, as jurors listening to judge's instructions, a few steal glances of Tsarnaev. Not so much today.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Tsarnaev chatting with Miriam Conrad, he laughs out loud. One of few audibles we've heard from him.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense whiz David Bruck gets a playful slap on the back from co-counsel Judy Clarke.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge O'TOOLE has just sworn in this group of jurors, they will now be brought back in individually to be questioned. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299 is up 1st, his wife is a nurse at MIT who worked at the school at the time of the shooting of Officer Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299, a black man, one of few black men we’ve seen among the 129 that have come in so far.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299 is a black male whose wife is a nurse at MIT.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
She worked there when #Tsarnaev allegedly murdered Officer Sean Collier on campus three days after the bombings.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299 is a mental health counselor for the mentally challenged and severely disabled. Bless you, sir.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
His wife a nurse at MIT, been there five years. She was there at time of attacks, but has no connection to Collier, no affect on him.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Worked as mental health counselor for developmentally disabled adults. Uses term, "ADLs," and judge knew it meant Activities of Daily Life

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299 says his wife did not interact with Officer Collier at MIT - #Tsarnaev is accused of being involved in his death @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299 is a mental health councilor who is also an Uber driver for 70 hrs/week @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
He is an Uber Driver, judge notes he's first one. Juror notes it's snowing now, wishes he was working, and judge says, "Would u be surging?"

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
"It's snowing out. I wish I was out there," he laments. "It's killing me. Gotta pay the bills."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
"Yes, it's killing me," juror laughs. He works 70 hours a week.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror saying, those nice Uber cars you ride in? We have to pay for them, need income. Judge lets him go. "We'd be asking too much of you."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 299 said he also picks up his daughter from school at 4pm. Says serving would be challenging financially @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge tells juror 299 "I think we'd be asking too much of you to sit on this case" - and he is done @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
O'Toole lets him go.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 is a woman. She is a senior account exec at a Boston PR firm. Her wife is a psychology student.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303, a woman. A white cardigan sweater. Her wife a PHd student, in psychology. She’s in PR. “I work for a local firm in Boston.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 is a female who works in PR locally. Her wife is a PhD student at URI @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 says she uses social media for both personal & work use, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Google+ (rarely) @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 said her wife is concerned for her safety & her family's safety if she serves. They have a 14-month-old daughter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 says she doesn't have the same safety concerns, says serving wouldn't be a hardship @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Her summons left her "optimistic" and "intrigued," but her wife is fearful for their safety. They have a daughter.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Her reaction when she got summons? “Optimistic and intrigued.” She’s served on a jury before, found it to be an “interesting experience.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“Once I found out what case it was, I was very intrigued.” Her wife concerned though, a hardship, cuz they have a daughter, and for security

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge tells juror 303 there is no plan to sequester jurors @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror asking whether they'd be sequestered, and Judge says he never knows where that comes from, "there's no plan to sequester jurors."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 morally unable to impose death penalty.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Checked unsure when it came to opinion on guilt. She was in city at time, knows media reports. But understands “there’s things to be heard.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 says she was originally wavering on what decision she would make in this case & now thinks she knows @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge explained to juror 303 that she has to hear the evidence and start with the belief #Tsarnaev is innocent until proven guilty @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 says she can be impartial on #Tsarnaev guilt, but says "I don't feel I could or have the right to take someone's life" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 303 says she doesn't think she could meaningfully consider the death penalty as a sentence for #Tsarnaev @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge asks if she can put presumptions aside to hear evidence. “I think I could, yes,” she nods.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“I don’t think I could or have the right to take someone’s life.... I don’t think I could, but then again I’ve never been in that position”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Some of her answers to survey she filled out on Jan. 5 a little cloudy. “I was off my game, I didn’t expect it to be this trial.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 58m 58 minutes ago
Bruck pleading for juror to recognize they need a jury, could she be comfortable with possibility of handing out death penalty. She says no.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 60m 60 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev defense atty David Bruck is pressing juror 303 if she could "go out of her comfort zone" & vote for the death penalty @NECN

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 59m 59 minutes ago
They're pushing her hard, but she won't budge. Out she goes. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59m 59 minutes ago
Juror 303 says "I don't believe that I could" - she is done. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 59m 59 minutes ago
With that, she's allowed to leave.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56m 56 minutes ago
Juror 306 is up now, he just started a new position as his job this week. Thinks serving would be a problem @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 55m 55 minutes ago
Juror 306, a young man. An operations analyst for a consultant firm, looking at healthcare claims. Starting new post this week in finance

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 56m 56 minutes ago
Our next juror, 306, is a young man. He's a financial analyst and consultant who just started a new job.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Juror 306 says he's a financial analyst who does a lot of data entry. His bosses haven't expressed concern about him serving @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57m 57 minutes ago
“It’s my first week on the job and I want to get acclimated. If I had a decision, I’d rather be at the office.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 54m 54 minutes ago
He looks like he wants to bolt. Of #Tsarnaev, "I believe he is guilty to this day. No matter what I think he's guilty."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 53m 53 minutes ago
Thinks death penalty is "the easy way out" for #Tsarnaev. "He may want that."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 54m 54 minutes ago
He’s formed opinion Tsarnaev guilty. Not sure on death penalty. “I believe it could be the easy way out for the defendant. He may want that”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52m 52 minutes ago
“I’ve formed my own opinion that he is guilty, just by watching everything when it happened.”Looking down as he is talking.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Juror 306: "unsure the death is the correct option, it could be the easy way out for the defendant" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
Juror 306 says he could vote for the death penalty or life in prison @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Juror 306:"as far as being guilty I'm confident in my belief that he is" says he could listen to facts but view won't change @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52m 52 minutes ago
Lawyers were huddling over how to handle this, but he's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52m 52 minutes ago
After defense huddle, both sides request he be dismissed.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Juror 306 is done after attorneys confer with each other @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Juror 308 is up. She works at Northeastern. Fmr campus dispatcher & community service officer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 51m 51 minutes ago
Juror 308, looks a little sheepish. Comes in, hands folded. Hair tied back. She runs a family service program outa Northeastern University.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52m 52 minutes ago
Juror 308 is a woman with a big smile.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 49m 49 minutes ago
She is associate director of a program at Northeastern University that gives children an early start at learning parenting skills.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Juror 308 says on "the day of the capture" she was dispatching 16 hours - was following activity in Boston, Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50m 50 minutes ago
Previously, she worked as a dispatcher for campus security. “You carry a weapon?” “yes, mace and baton.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50m 50 minutes ago
She worked at time of bombings, worked 16 hours day of "the capture."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 48m 48 minutes ago
During the Watertown firefight that killed Tamerlan #Tsarnaev she was a campus security dispatcher at her NU post.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 47m 47 minutes ago
She also worked the day after when Boston was in lockdown and Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev on the run.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 49m 49 minutes ago
“Were you monitoring the activity in Watertown?” “yes.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308 also followed the police scanners from Watertown the night of the firefighter b/w #Tsarnaev brothers and police.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Juror 308 says she uses social media daily for personal use & work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46m 46 minutes ago
Juror 308 on serving on the #Tsarnaev jury "I thought it would be cool to be a part of history" @NECN

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308 thought it was "cool" when she got her summons, adding "it would be nice to part of history" in case "so important to Boston" and beyond

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 46m 46 minutes ago
Can u b open? “Unsure.” Was working dispatch, but never saw evidence. “I can’t base my decision on hearsay or what was going on that day.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Juror 308 says as dispatcher she was told what police were looking for on day of manhunt, but says she hasn't heard evidence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308 is insure re: #Tsarnaev being guilty, even though she heard everything happen on scanners, "but we were never given evidence," she says.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Having been a police dispatcher that day "might have a little influence over my judgement...but I'm not sure," 308 explains.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45m 45 minutes ago
Juror 308 says she could vote guilty or not guilty for #Tsarnaev "I would have to look at the evidence before I convict" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44m 44 minutes ago
Juror 308 says her dispatcher job "might have a little influence over my judgement because because I was working that day" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308 has close connections w/ various police depts & wants job with Everett PD; she's not clear re: how she'll return to that community

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 45m 45 minutes ago
Still, it worries her #Tsarnaev "may have connections other than what we know." He hangs his head.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308 says she doesn't know much about #Tsarnaev but it's "nerve-wracking" to think he may have been connected to the bombings

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 46m 46 minutes ago
Juror corrects herself: She worked 8 a.m. to midnight during the April 19, 2013, shelter in place, not during the firefight.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44m 44 minutes ago
She bought a Boston Strong T-shirt, bracelet. Bought for Collier fundraiser. She doesn’t know him or MIT police though. Wears shirt at gym.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44m 44 minutes ago
Juror 308 says she bought a Boston Strong t-shirt to fundraiser for Officer Collier's family, has bracelet as well @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308: is unsure if death penalty is appropriate for #Tsarnaev and is unsure about it in general as well.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
308: "There's no doubt that the #BostonMarathon caused a lot of fear in the city," and if govt proves #Tsarnaev did it, death penalty is ok.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44m 44 minutes ago
The death penalty is against her religion but "I don't know if I could vote yes or no."#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46m 46 minutes ago
Juror 308 says she could vote either way on death penalty or life sentence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 45m 45 minutes ago
Views on death penalty? “I’m still unsure.” She ranked support a 5 of 10. Could vote death, or life in prison

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44m 44 minutes ago
Juror saying a conservative view of her religion would oppose the death penalty, but she would be open to it. Says just unsure.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Juror 308 said on questionnaire it was against her religion to cause someone's death-but says that's conservative, she's not @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Juror 308 clarifies she is comfortable with a life sentence, not as comfortable with death penalty @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43m 43 minutes ago
Juror 308 says she still has access to Northeastern police department, still seeking job with Everett PD @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44m 44 minutes ago
“I think based on factual evidence I would be able to give a better answer.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
Juror saying she could hand out life, “But I could not be 100 percent completely sure that I would choose death.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 42m 42 minutes ago
Juror indicates she once wrote a paper on her feelings about capital punishment.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
“There’s’ no doubt the Boston Marathon (bombings) caused a lot of fear in the city,” the juror says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
“If the prosecution can prove he was the cause of it and the cause of 3 people dying, then yes, death sentence would be appropriate.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 39m 39 minutes ago
"If he was to be convicted and I had to make the decision, I would have to say that I can do it."#Tsarnsaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 38m 38 minutes ago
Clarke wanting to know if juror can deal with law enforcement friends even if chose life, instead of death, and she says she could.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev seems a little bored, rocking back in his chair, fidgeting with his hands, looking down & rubbing his face @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
After continuing to give seemingly contradictory answers, the judge says he thinks they're done with questioning her. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 39m 39 minutes ago
Brief break while trial table court reporters switch out. #Tsarnaev and Conrad resume their chat.

im Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
brief break in action - court takes 10 min break

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20m 20 minutes ago
Juror 311 is a per diem behavior therapist with autistic children. She starts a new job next week, only paid if she works @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22m 22 minutes ago
Back in session, we have Juror 311. A woman. Behavioral therapist for children with autism.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 38m 38 minutes ago
10 minute break, #Tsarnaev asks guards if he can leave the jacket hung on the back of his chair behind. They're cool with that.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 34m 34 minutes ago
The rhythmic rustle of leg irons can be heard from the prisoner side room where #Tsarnaev is held.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 29m 29 minutes ago
Clarke tending to creature comforts of #Tsarnaev. Treats him tenderly.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21m 21 minutes ago
She gets paid on a per diem basis. O'Toole lets her leave.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21m 21 minutes ago
Juror, after describing work schedule, allowed to leave.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20m 20 minutes ago
The defense questions whether juror 311 can adjust her schedule, she's not sure with new job, but judge says she's done @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20m 20 minutes ago
Juror 314 is up. He's a man who says his wife has medical issues & needs assistance from time to time @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20m 20 minutes ago
Juror 314, tall man. Glasses, button down shirt. Straight posture as addresses job.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 20m 20 minutes ago
Juror 314 will be the 135th interviewed. He looks a little like @marty_walsh, mayor of Boston.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 17m 17 minutes ago
Sadly, his wife is not well. He was in New York City yesterday on business when told to be here today. Got home at 1 a.m.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
Juror 314 works in re-insurance and travels constantly for work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Juror 314 says he thinks he could find a way to make the court schedule work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 19m 19 minutes ago
Juror works in insurance, does a lot of traveling for work, actually scrambled here from NYC this morning.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
314 has two kids, 16 & 18; they are on social media, he is not.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17m 17 minutes ago
Juror 314 says he has LinkedIn, has Twitter but hasn't used it, his teenage children make fun of him for not having Facebook @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 17m 17 minutes ago
He has two teenage children. #Tsarnaev was 19 when he allegedly committed the terrorist attack.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 15m 15 minutes ago
An insurance risk analyst, he is the latest juror to tout his job skills as preparing him to serve.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
314 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty; unsure re: death penalty for him if he's found guilty; can set aside beliefs if called to serve.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Juror 314 said he has formed an opinion #Tsarnaev is guilty, says he's unsure about death penalty @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Juror 314 says of analyzing the evidence that his "working life has been analyzing risk & working through it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14m 14 minutes ago
Juror 314 has a co-worker who ran the 2013 marathon & she finished 15-20 mins before bombs went off @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14m 14 minutes ago
A co-workers runs Marathon, “and happened to be running that year.” Finished before explosions. #Tsarnaev is scribbling on pad, head down.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
Juror's family donated money to a fund for the family of child marathon victim Martin Richard.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
314 also has a friend who ran marathon last year to benefit @TeamMR8; he and wife donated money to support her.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
Clarke tells him it's "really very generous" he wants to serve 3 to 4 months with so much on his plate.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Juror 314 says he could vote for death penalty if there are aggravating factors shown in the case @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10m 10 minutes ago
Juror 314 says if mitigating factors are present he could vote for life in prison @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 12m 12 minutes ago
On death penalty, juror saying he'd be OK with it for "appropriate crimes." Could listen to aggravating/mitigating factors.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 11s 11 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev appears to have a faint scar on the back of his neck below his left ear. One of the bullet wounds?

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
314 now says he's unclear if job will pay him during jury duty; could be hardship he says.
Defense atty also concerned re: his ill wife.

Alysha Palumbo retweeted
andy thibault @cooljustice · 3m 3 minutes ago
Prison guard indeed was brought forward by Judge O'Toole yesterday as prospective #Tsarnaev juror http://tinyurl.com/lpm9w72

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
When asked, juror says donation in honor for Martin would not affect him. “No relation of mine, it was a friend of a friend of a friend.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 22 seconds ago
Juror saying he'd be open to all. Clarke all over him: Would be hardship? Your co-worker? How'd you form thoughts on death penalty?

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
intense interest in juror 314. Prosecution and Defense dug in deeply on his beliefs, and now judge has more follow up.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
The judge and the trial teams seem really taken with Juror "Walsh."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
After lengthy questioning, he's allowed to leave.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 314 is done and juror 318 is up next @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42s 43 seconds ago
Juror 318, a middle-aged woman. Her husband is security at City Hall, was a probation officer.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 54s 54 seconds ago
But now we're onto Juror 318, a middle-aged woman. Her husband is a top security official at Boston City Hall.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 318: her husband is on Boston City Hall security staff; he's a former probation officer; her brother is a @bostonpolice officer.

im Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
318 thinks her brother was involved somehow in aftermath of Marathon bombings; she says he doesn't talk much about it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 30 seconds ago
Juror 318 says her husband just started a job in security at Boston city hall, has brother in Boston Police Dept @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 13s 14 seconds ago
Her brother a Boston police officer roughly 30 years. Believes he responded to attacks. “How big of a role he played, I don’t know.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 20s 21 seconds ago
Her brother is a veteran Boston police officer who was called on to respond to the bombings.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
318's son is a corrections officer for Norfolk Co. Sheriff; she's a meter maid and crossing guard.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14s 14 seconds ago
Also, her son is a state corrections officer at the jail in Dedham. And she’s a crossing guard and “Meter Maid."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 318 says her brother - a Boston police officer - was probably involved in marathon & manhunt, doesn't talk about it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6s 6 seconds ago
An ex-Marine, he does not talk about it. "Strong silent type?" O'Toole asks.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge: Is there a polite way to say meter maid?
318: Yes there is: "Meter Maid"
laughter

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
Juror 318 says her son served as a military police officer in Guantanamo - never went to the prison though @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 54s 54 seconds ago
She is a meter maid and her son a former military police officer now working in corrections.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Back from brief break to talk to juror 318 about a personal matter, she says "I'm dismissed?" Judge: "No we're not finished" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
back from sidebar, 318 asks, "I'm dismissed?"
"no no no" says judge. "we're not finished."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
On guilt, Juror 318 saying she’s unsure. “I didn’t think I followed the case, to have enough facts to form an opinion.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
318 says she doesn't have enough facts to make up her mind yet on #Tsarnaev's guilt or innocence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 318 says she's undecided on whether #Tsarnaev is guilty or innocent, needs to hear facts @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 43s 43 seconds ago
She has a Boston Strong T-shirt. “I don’t know if it fits me after the storm. Either I got bigger or it got smaller.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22s 22 seconds ago
Also, daughter bought her a bumper sticker. "Do you use it?" ..."It's on my car."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
Juror 318 says her son went to UMass-Dartmouth for a semester, likely in 2008 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 20 seconds ago
Juror 318 says she "could go either way" on the death penalty, "it would depend on the evidence I heard" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
318: re: death penalty, says she is also undecided on this case & in general. Hasn't thought much about it; "wouldn't take it lightly".

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
“I’d have to hear all the evidence before I could decide on the death penalty. It could go either way.” Ranked belief 7 of 10.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · now
“Even if you found intellectually that it was the right thing to do, could you personally do it?” “Yes.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 318 seems a tough, confident cookie who would be a jury room leader. She has or had a #BostonStrong sticker on her car.#Tsarnaev

im Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
If I found #Tsarnaev guilty, then I would HAVE to vote for the death penalty, 318 says, changing her answer from the questionnaire.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
318: My #BostonStrong bumper sticker represents the unity of the city afterwards, not crime itself. "That's what it means to me," she says

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23s 23 seconds ago
Juror 318 says Boston Strong bumper sticker represents "the way the city came together, the unity of Boston, not the crime" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
On Boston Strong, “It’s showing the unity of Boston, that’s what it meant to me. It’s not the crime itself. It’s how the city came together”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 10s 11 seconds ago
Best answer yet: On if she can order #Tsarnaev killed: "I think it would be up to everyone at this table to help me make that decision."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
As attys question juror 318 she says "take your time I'm catching 2 o'clock train." Judge: "it'll be there by 3 by the way!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4m 4 minutes ago
A little dig @MBTA, juror says she has time, "I'm catching a 2 o'clock train.".....Juror kids, "It will be there at 3, by the way."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror recognized a police officer on the witness list, though, "I haven't seen him, himself, in years."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52s 53 seconds ago
Also saying no bias cuz a cop was involved: "I'm positive. Now is my time to tell you. I'm positive."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Questioned about a police witness she says she knows, juror 318 says she went to high school with him, grew up with his wife @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 318 says she hasn't seen the police witness she knows in years. Says she will not favor him nor other police testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
318: says "absolutely not" when defense asks if all her family's connections to law enforcement would bias her in any way.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge asking her to write her husband's name on a piece of paper. "You want a little stick figure, too," she jokes, gets laughs. She leaves

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge announces he will go right to death penalty questions juror 321.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 45s 45 seconds ago
Juror 321, has a fisherman's sweater, graying with a beard. Looks like he could be a Gloucester fisherman. He's actually an Irish singer.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44s 44 seconds ago
Juror 318 is done. Juror 321 is up. He's a singer who performs at Irish bars around New England @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
321 doesn't agree with death penalty; doesn't think it's right; cites moral objections. "Too many mistakes...over the years," he says

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6s 6 seconds ago
Judge goes directly to death penalty question. “I don’t agree with the death penalty, I don’t think it’s right.” Says it’s for moral reasons

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 7s 7 seconds ago
Juror 321 is seated. An older man who happens to be an Irish singer and musician in local pubs. His accent captures attention of #Tsarnaev.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Juror 321: "I don't agree with the death penalty, don't think it's right" says he would never impose it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
321 reiterates: he could never vote for death penalty in any case.
Defense asks follow up: could u still consider this case?

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22s 22 seconds ago
“Does never mean never?” “Never means never.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 12s 12 seconds ago
He will never vote for death "no matter what. That hasn't changed."#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
Pressed by #Tsarnaev atty juror 321 says even if he was a member of the jury & found him guilty he still wouldn't vote death penalty @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 29s 29 seconds ago
He's allowed to leave. Judge takes a lunch break.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 28s 29 seconds ago
Happy trails, Juror 321.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
As expected, juror 321 is quickly finished with questioning.
Judge calls for a long lunch break; back at 2pm.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50m 50 minutes ago
A federal judge today cancelled the March 17 sentencing of #Tsarnaev pal Stephen Silva, but gave no reason and did not set a new date.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 30 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev jury selection is back from lunch break. Juror 323 is up. He sells souvenirs at Fenway @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 323 says "nothing could change my mind of his guilt" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21s 21 seconds ago
We're back. The 138th juror to be queried is morally opposed to the death penalty.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 323 on being impartial "it's kind of like saying erase everything in your head" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 323 on he marathon bombing: "I remember seeing some raw footage that day that I'll never forget" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 323 says he's very deeply opposed to the death penalty "rotting in a cell 50 years is a far worse punishment" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 46 seconds ago
Juror 323 on death penalty: "I don't think any human being has the right to decide whether someone should live or die" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 20s 20 seconds ago
But he may have to, so he won't be staying.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
So court started with them forgetting about pool reporters, me + @Laurel_Sweet. But we caught jury 323, sells souvenirs, sayin opposes death

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Also thinks Tsarnaev is guilty. He's allowed to leave

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 21 seconds ago
Juror 323 is done, juror 324 is up next. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 59s 59 seconds ago
Next is Juror 324, retired, designed and built power plants.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 26s 27 seconds ago
Juror 324 is retired from designing nuclear and fossil-fired power plants. That's a first in this room!#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 40 seconds ago
Juror 324 is a retired man who designed and built power plants, he now does some consulting work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 32s 32 seconds ago
Juror 324, thinks Tsarnaev is guilty, unable to put aide belief. But, “I’m not really sure that anyone should receive the death penalty.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 20 seconds ago
Juror 324:"I'm afraid I'm pretty biased I just can't help it but I'm not really sure anyone should receive death penalty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 9 seconds ago
Juror 324 says he "would find it very, very hard" to give someone the death penalty @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 56s 57 seconds ago
“Just everything I saw all that week, with all the media coverage ... it just makes it really hard for me not to have that opinion.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
He believes #Tsarnaev is guilty, but, "I'm not really sure that anyone should receive the death penalty."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 34s 35 seconds ago
"No matter what the circumstances."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
But, “I don’t believe it’s right to take someone’s life for punishment as anything, no matter what the circumstances.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 21 seconds ago
A bit of a switch, now: Juror saying, beliefs aside, he could follow law, and if death is appropriate he would hand it out.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 48s 48 seconds ago
"This is the guideline right here," juror says, pounding at chest. "I would decide at that time."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 21 seconds ago
Juror 324: "I wouldn't pick up a gun & hurt anybody, but if the law states" he has to consider the death penalty he will @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17s 17 seconds ago
Pressed by prosecutors on his belief in #Tsarnaev guilt "I guess I'm Missouri, show me, show me that I'm wrong!" @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24s 25 seconds ago
"Show me that I am wrong in believing this man committed these crimes." Tsarnaev looking away.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
"Are we going to go back to the bible and say an eye for an eye?"#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58s 58 seconds ago
"Show me that I'm wrong in believing that this man committed these crimes," the juror challenges #Tsarnaev defender David Bruck.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Attys point out forcing defense attys to show him his belief in #Tsarnaev guilt is wrong is putting burden on defense - juror 324: yes @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror is allowed to leave

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 324 is done, juror 328 is up next. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 27 seconds ago
.@HelenCarpenter4 @NECN #Tsarnaev is fidgeting with his hands, looking down, at times looks at juror, shifts uncomfortably in his chair

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 21 seconds ago
Juror 328, a young woman. She works in customer service, company delivers meals to schools and elderly services.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21s 21 seconds ago
Juror 328, a young woman, works for a company that delivers meals to schools and elders. #Tsarnaev experiencing a post-lunch energy slump,

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 24 seconds ago
Juror 328 says she works in customer service delivering meals to schools & elder services, saying serving would be hardship @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 28 seconds ago
Juror 328 uses Facebook, Twitter & Instagram, for personal not work use @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 13s 13 seconds ago
Matty in the Morning comes up again. Judge asking if she heard about joke re: person coming in for jury service. She had. He doesn't push it

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 36s 36 seconds ago
On bombings, “Yes, I’ve already made up my mind that the defendant played an active role in that.” Just doesn’t know extent.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 10 seconds ago
.@weatherx They have not excused any jurors on the record during the voir dire process. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 4 seconds ago
Juror 328:"I've already made up my mind the defendant has played an active role in that not sure to what extent he's guilty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 22s 22 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev glumly taps a pen on a binder, buries his head on his arm on the table.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 33 seconds ago
Juror 328 says this is where she's at currently but she can be impartial on jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17s 17 seconds ago
She had two friends near site of second explosion. "They were really rattled....they weren't sure what was happening until way later."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 11 seconds ago
Juror 328 says a close friend was near one of the bombs when it exploded, says she was "rattled" - has heard the stories @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 48s 48 seconds ago
She's saying she could have been there that day if she didn't have to work

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
Juror 328 says another friend she went to high school with had his ear torn off by shrapnel from the bombing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 9s 9 seconds ago
Also, ol high school friend who went to watch dad running got hit by shrapnel. “His ear got torn…his dad ran to the hospital after the race”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50s 50 seconds ago
Juror 328 had a close friend near one of the pressure-cooker bombs when it went off. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 15 seconds ago
Juror 328's high school friend was at the marathon to watch his dad run, had just gotten off the T when bomb went off @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Another friend whose father was running the 2013 marathon lost part of an ear to shrapnel from one of the bombs. #Tsarnaev fidgets, yawns.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4m 4 minutes ago
"How's he doing?"....."Fine."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
On death penalty, “I lean towards opposing it, but I’m not really against it. I’ve read research on it, on both sides.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
When asked how her high school friend is doing now, juror 328 says curtly that he's "fine" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 22 seconds ago
Juror 328: open to death penalty but not sure she could do it "hard to live with knowledge of sentencing" someone to death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5s 6 seconds ago
.@Christians4DAT Both Judy Clarke & Miriam Conrad seem to be very kind to #Tsarnaev chatting with him & paying extra attention to him @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 47s 47 seconds ago
Juror, “I don’t know what I would actually do…If I was actually presented with it, I don’t know, morally, if I can go through with it.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37s 37 seconds ago
She says she would "look differently" at anyone who voted to kill someone. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · now
Judge asks directly, could you vote for death. “It’s not a hypothetical, or an abstract question. It’s a real one.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 28 seconds ago
She responds, “If the evidence was there, and that’s what I decided should happen, then yes, I could agree to the death penalty.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 36 seconds ago
Juror 328: "if the evidence is there & that's what I've felt needed to happen then yes I would agree to the death penalty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 12 seconds ago
.@Bernacheducanad @Christians4DAT @NECN David Bruck is seated several chairs away from #Tsarnaev so we don't see them interact often @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
She's allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3s 3 seconds ago
Juror 333, a woman. Senior risk manager for a bank in Providence.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 31s 31 seconds ago
Juror 333 is a senior risk manager at a bank in Providence. #Tsarnaev resumes doodling

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
Juror 328 is done, juror 333 is up next. She works for a RI bank, dad was a corrections officer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
She used to live in Providence, served on a jury in a civil case there in federal court. It was a split verdict.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 6 seconds ago
Juror 333 says she served on a federal jury in RI before. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
She previously served on a federal jury in Rhode Island in a case of a major utility up to no good.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 31s 32 seconds ago
She’s formed an opinion that Tsarnaev is guilty, should get the death penalty.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58s 58 seconds ago
Juror 333 said on questionnaire she has formed an opinion #Tsarnaev is guilty & that he should receive the death penalty @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 38 seconds ago
Juror 333 said she would be able to set aside her opinions, but she said that because she believes that's a juror's job @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 37s 37 seconds ago
She’s saying she could be open though, that an actual trial “is the right thing to do.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
Pressed by the judge, juror 333 says "I'm hesitating because I feel pretty strongly that he's guilty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44s 45 seconds ago
She hesitates, though: “I feel pretty strong that he’s guilty.” She looks over at him, directly at him. He’s looking down.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 27 seconds ago
Juror 333 says she could also vote for a life sentence. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Defense team trying to hiss at prosecutor, she should be excluded. He responds, "we're fine Your Honor." Questions continue

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
In this case, "I feel pretty strongly he's guilty."#Tsarnaev throws his pen down, sinks down in his chair.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 29 seconds ago
Juror 333 on #Tsarnaev guilt "hard for me to imagine what evidence could be provided that could prove to me anything else" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 10 seconds ago
Juror 333: "it's hard to go back on what you've seen vs what's being presented" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror, after maintaining she couldn't change views, allowed to leave.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 33 seconds ago
Mid-question from the prosecution, both sides decide they're done with juror 333. Juror 337 next up. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror says media coverage of #BostonMarathonBombing too persuasive for evidence to overcome. And she's gone.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 19s 19 seconds ago
Juror 337, also a woman, is the daughter of a former Boston Athletic Association treasurer.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 337 says her family has been closely involved in the marathon with the BAA for more than 25 years @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 55s 55 seconds ago
Her family has a long storied history with the #BostonMarathon.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22s 23 seconds ago
Next juror, seems whole family involved with the Boston Athletic Association.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 21 seconds ago
Juror 337 says she believes #Tsarnaev is guilty & would be unable to focus on facts "I can't un-forget what I know" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
Juror 337: "I would not be able to set aside what's already in my head, think it would be difficult for anyone actually" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · now
“I would not be able to set aside what’s in my head, or in my mind. I would think it would be pretty difficult for anyone really.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Put Juror 337 down for guilty "because I can't unforget what I know."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
"I would not be able to set aside what's already my head."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 23s 23 seconds ago
Her brother was in a finish line pub right before the bombs exploded. Another yawn from #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44s 44 seconds ago
Juror 337 says her brother was at the finish line shortly before the bombs went off @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 54s 54 seconds ago
On death penalty, “People should pay for their crimes on earth where they committed them.”

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 25 seconds ago
Juror 337 on death penalty, says she believe in an afterlife "allowing them to die is letting them off without punishment" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55s 56 seconds ago
Juror 337 says she is opposed to the death penalty and could not vote for it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5s 5 seconds ago
But she can't impose death.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
As we continue with the final juror of the day, #Tsarnaev stares straight ahead. It's been another long day. @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8s 8 seconds ago
Judy Clarke asking, is there a chance you could vote death at all? “I don’t think so, that’s against my core values.” She’s allowed to leave

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 6 seconds ago
Juror 337 done & jury selection is done for the day. 13 jurors questioned today, 142 in all so far over 11 days of voir dire @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 33s 33 seconds ago
That is end of day. That's 142 jurors, over 11 days.
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Tsarnaev team goes above judge’s head

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18h 18 hours ago
Appeals Court giving government until 9:30 Friday to file that response to motion to change venue that was due at 5 today.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Reporters at the courthouse for Tsarnaev, hitting refresh on appeals court site as we wait for jurors who are probably on @MBTA

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
@Laurel_Sweet and @MiltonValencia bringing it all to you live all day.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt takes cheap shots @BostonGlobe and @bostonherald in recent filing. Saying circulation only a fraction of Eastern Massachusetts.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
But at least they add, "The articles in those papers, while not all kind to Tsarnaev, have largely been factual."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Sorry to frustrate you, but prosecutors this morning filed their response to the latest #Tsarnaev change of venue bid under seal.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecutors now say a redacted version will be filed, likely blacking out specifics about jurors. Day 15 of #Tsarnaev jury selection.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
The jury of 19 has entered - 12 women, 7 men.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Tsarnaev has gone back to dark sports coat. A few jurors catching a glance while Judge instructs them on process of a death penalty trial.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in a suit.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Trial table a little light today: #Tsarnaev attorney Miriam Conrad and prosecutors Bill Weinreb and Nadine Pellegrini called away.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev bodyguard count stands at 5.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev hungry for any glimpse of a laptop screen.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 340 is a woman who cannot work because of cerebral palsy and who cares for her disabled dad. She is the 143rd interviewed.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 340, woman. Takes care of dad, 75 percent disabled. She also has cerebral palsy. Previously worked Cambridge Historical Society.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She quit Facebook first week in college, but blogs about Japanese animation.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“Have you formed an opinion about his guilt or not?” “yes, that he is guilty.” Says can put opinion aside though.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“If I heard the evidence, and based on the evidence my opinion changed, I would be able to vote not guilty.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
This is the 143rd jury we've seen, on the 12th day of voir dire for Tsarnaev.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
But she's open to being convinced otherwise. In 2013, she and #Tsarnaev both lived in Cambridge.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
She gets flustered under questioning and laughs at herself. #Tsarnaev catches up on his morning reading.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
At time of bombings, she was at a Lesley University dorm in Porter Square. Also, donated to the One Fund at a supermarket.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
On death penalty, she sees it on a “case-by-case basis.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“I’m currently taking this semester off to deal with some emotional issues” Said those issues wouldn’t affect her in trial, though.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
She's taking time off from college "to deal with some emotional issues." Not a problem, she endures lawyers.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
On death penalty, could she actually vote for it? “I feel I could cope with it if it was the appropriate path to go.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
She's not for or against capital punishment, but can flick the switch if asked too. #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
"I watched a lot of crime shows growing up," she tells #Tsarnaev defender David I. Bruck.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror saying she knows how the process works. “I’ve watched a lot of crime shows growing up.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She's sitting there, forearms on the table in front of her, smiling as she takes questions. Tsarnaev not looking her way.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
David Bruck saying, you will listen to mitigation arguments, whether defendant “was a leader or a follower…” Objection. Sustained.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She’s allowed to leave, but judge tells her first, this a bit different than crime shows.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 342, a woman, was born in Russia. Tsarnaev gives her a look.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 342 is a woman born in Russia. She still speaks with thick accent but fails to elicit interest from #Tsarnaev, her countryman

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She works at Tufts. Her husband is a physicist at MIT, in research. He was there when this happened, locked in.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge asks what Russian version of Facebook is, and Aloke Chakravarty knows. But she doesn't.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev steals a glance at her while primping his hair.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Kiss of juror death: #BostonMarathonBombing victims were brought to Tufts. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She says yes, Tsarnaev is guilty. But shouldn’t get death penalty

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror was working at Tufts day of explosions. Says she can't put this aside.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“We are being around the city, around people, around all this, around presentation. It will be very difficult for me to forget this day.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
"Being in this city, being around all this, it would be very difficult for me to forget this day," she says. And out she goes#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She's allowed to leave.