Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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[h=1]Boston Marathon Bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Defense Admits ‘It Was Him'[/h]http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-start-today/story?id=29376644


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31727243

So much for innocent until proven guilty.
I would have demanded a new attorney.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
FBI Spec. Agent Steve Kimball will be back on the stand this morning as the defense cross examines him on Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev's Twitter @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
An attorney for each side has gone back into judge's chambers before testimony begins for the day. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
There were boxes and boxes of evidence wheeled into the courtroom on two carts this morning. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The attorneys are back from the judge's chambers. Now discussing something on either side @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev has entered court; judge's meeting with attorneys has ended.
#Tsarnaev appears to rub sleep from his eyes, chats with lawyers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court in a black suit and light blue button down collared shirt. He avoids eye contact with everyone but his attorneys @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Survivor Denise Richard, mother to Martin & Jane, is in the courtroom again. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The judge and jury have been brought in. Defense atty Miriam Conrad begins cross examination of FBI Agent Steve Kimball @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury enters, #Tsarnaev whispers something to attorney Bruck as they do.
Cross exam begins.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad is bringing up what I noticed yesterday, that #Tsarnaev's Twitter accounts were last updated AFTER his arrest @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The @j_tsar account was last updated 7/3/13 & the @Al_FirdausiA account was last updated 4/27/13 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge O'Toole is looking at the Twitter printout at sidebar with the attorneys. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad points out the @j_tsar account was opened in October 2011 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad: #Tsarnaev twitter account @J_tsar was updated by a user in July of 2013 - when Dzhokhar himself was under arrest.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad suggesting that someone else has access to that account, at least now.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The other #Tsarnaev account was updated in late April, 2013 - also after his arrest. Conrad points out he himself couldn't have done that.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad: someone else, other than #Tsarnaev, has been tweeting and RTing from those accounts, and updating info.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge asks to see the paperwork Conrad has about these accounts.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad: the tweets you showed jury yesterday were selected by prosecution, not you.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Pressed by the defense, Kimball admits the prosecution selected the tweets shown to the jury yesterday @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad is pointing out several of #Tsarnaev's tweets are from American & Russian rap songs. @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Yesterday Agent Kimball read #Tsarnaev tweets that appeared damning; Conrad now points out many are actually rap lyrics.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
His "I shall die young" tweet, Conrad says, is actually from a Russian rap song.
Kimball says he didn't know that.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad says #Tsarnaev's post about partying on September 11th was actually a quote from a Comedy Central show @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev did put the Comedy Central tweet in quotes - also included the hashtag #thingsyoudontyellwhenenteringaroom @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad says that hashtag is specifically linked to the Comedy Central sketch #Tsarnaev was quoting. Kimball says he didn't click on it @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad asks why Kimball didn't seem to have clicked on many of the links #Tsarnaev posted on Twitter; she says that would've explained them.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
That especially damning #Tsarnaev tweet, seemingly pro-9/11, Conrad points out was actually a Tosh.o (comedy central comedian) "joke".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
That 9/11 tweet has a hashtag connecting to Tosh.O's joke; Conrad says #Tsarnaev didn't send it on 9/10, but months later.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad is putting @J_tsar tweets in what she feels is context; Agent Kimball replies: the prosecution team decided what tweets to show jury.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad reads some of the 1080 tweets - says most are about girls, cars, food, silliness. The 45 gov't chose, she says, aren't representative

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad points out one of #Tsarnaev's tweets critical of others' religions, was followed by a related tweet poking fun at himself @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad is focusing on context & pointing out several tweets shown to jurors were taken out of the timeline & out of context @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad points out in addition to 45 tweets shown to the jury #Tsarnaev focused on "girls, cars, food, sleep, homework" Kimball agrees @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad asks Kimball: "you don't know what the slang phrase 'cooked' means"? (from one @J_tsar tweet)
He says, I assume, like, crazy?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad: do you know what lol means? how about 'mad cooked'? do you watch "Key and Peele"?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad says #Tsarnaev's "'God hates dead people?' or victims of tragedies" tweet on 4/15/13 was critical of Westboro Baptist Church @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad says it was widely known the Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest the bombing victims' funerals @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad shows a #Tsarnaev tweet quoting the Qu'ran from the day of the 2012 marathon, but says Dzhokhar made no mention of the marathon @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev tweets from the day of *2012* Marathon, Conrad asserts, were coincidental and had more to do with breakfast and naps, not jihad.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad: all of the very few #Tsarnaev's tweets from his @Al_firdausiA account came within 48 hours of each other; nothing more.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The @Al_firdausiA account has religious overtones; tweets from @J_star during same 48 hours are silly observations.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad points out on #Tsarnaev's 2nd Twitter account, the entire timeline was fewer than 10 posts in 48 hours @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad: you said photo on #Tsarnaev's Twitter account was Mecca? Kimball: to best of my knowledge. //Where did you get that knowledge? @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
You said @J_tsar account featured a picture of Mecca; "Did you ever bother to look up that picture?"
Kimball: No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The background pic on @J_tsar account, Conrad says, is Grozny, not Mecca.
She concludes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad says it's actually a photo of Chechnya, not Mecca. Asks to enter photo into evidence but is not allowed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Cross examination of Kimball is done. Government is doing redirect. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecutor is asking about #Tsarnaev attending the 2012 Boston marathon. Defense continues to object @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution asserts that #Tsarnaev attended the 2012 Boston Marathon, over defense's objection @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt: re: the "updates" that appear on #Tsarnaev's two accounts. Those are from the government, securing the account.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govermnet: the last tweets or RTs from both accounts came *before* #Tsarnaev arrest, correct?
Kimball: yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
It appears the two 'updates' to both #Tsarnaev Twitter accounts were, in fact, gov't investigators securing the accounts.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution done with redirect. Defense asks for one more question, judge doesn't allow it. Kimball excused. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Next government witness is Officer Todd Brown, Boston Police Bomb Technician @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next witness, BPD office Todd Brown, a bomb technician. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Officer Brown responded to marathon scene in 2013.
His team did "controlled explosion" of another suspicious package after the bombings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Officer Brown says part of his job following the bombings was the check out other suspicious devices. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown was also in Watertown the night of #Tsarnaev capture; he was "3-4 houses" away from the boat. Saw him exit the boat.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Officer Brown says his team also responded to #Watertown during the manhunt, when #Tsarnaev was in the boat @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown says after #Tsarnaev's arrest, he swept the boat for any explosives @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown says he didn't find explosives but saw something written on the hull of the boat, as well as blood @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown entered boat, swept it for "boobytraps" & other kinds of explosives. Found none.
But "I noticed something written inside the boat."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown: note written in pencil, blood everywhere, bullet holes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown is now looking at 3 photos of the writing found inside the #Watertown boat - jury cannot see it yet @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt has 3 photos of the writing Brown found in the boat; jury is about to see them.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown is asked to identify the man arrested outside the boat. Brown points to #Tsarnaev @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
It was one continuous writing, prosecutors say, divided into 3 sections,.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Brown is asked to ID #Tsarnaev if he recognized him from that night; he points to him, says he's the man with the dark jacket.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury will now see a transcript of the boat note, parts of which are hard to see in the photos offered.
No defense objection.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
We see the note now; it's streaked with lines of blood, pockmarked with bullet holes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury is now looking at a photo of the writing on the boat, with several bullet holes around it & 3 streaks of blood @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Part of the writing, made in pencil says, "jealous of my brother" (Tamerlan who died in the #Watertown confrontation) @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"I'm jealous of my brother who [has] received the reward of Jannutul Firdaus before me. I do not mourn because his soul is very much alive."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"I bear witness that there is no God but Allah.
The US Government is killing our innocent civilians but most of you already know that."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"The Ummah is beginning to arise..."
#Tsarnaev boat note, accd to govt.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"We are promised victory and we will surely get it. Now I don't like killing innocent people...but due to said [bullet hole] it is allowed."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The bullet holes & blood have obscured some of the words written on the boat. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury is now looking as a 2nd portion of writing with more bullet holes and blood dripping down it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Boat writings: "We Muslims are one body, you hurt one, you hurt us all" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury has now seen a 3rd portion of the boat writings "we are promised victory and we will surely get it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Prosecution is done with questioning of Brown. David Bruck is doing cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense points out Brown got to the #Watertown scene about 15 minutes after #Tsarnaev was arrested @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: where were you when #Tsarnaev left the boat?
Brown: on Franklin Street.
- You didn't see him get out?
- No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: did you see any bullet holes that were shot from INside the boat, pointed out?
Brown: no.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck gets Brown to agree the bullet holes appeared to come from the outside of the boat & no weapons were found in the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: and you found in the boat no weapons, no guns, no bombs, nothing?
Brown: nope.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
After a brief cross examination, Officer Brown is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Officer Brown is done.
Next: Jeff Rowlands, special agent with the FBI since 2009.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Next government witness is FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Rolands @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Agent Rolands (corrects spelling) has a background in DNA evidence collection & analysis. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands is part of the Violent Crime Unit at the FBI in Boston. He was assigned to the finish line crime scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands arrives at marathon bombing scene the morning after; he was assigned to the first explosion site, near Marathon Sports.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
This was biggest crime scene Rolands have ever worked.
They looked for secondary devices and other evidence.
Coordinated w/ many agencies.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands: bomb tech was assigned to each group at various scenes - to look for other devices & look for explosive components @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands now explaining the process of finding, tagging, collecting, and organizing all the evidence.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Turns scene into a grid to map and collect all the debris and biological evidence.
Rolands says there were about 458 pieces of evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands says his team recovered 458 pieces of evidence from the area of the finish line blast @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
He's now holding a paint can - full of BBs from "Scene A" (Marathon Sports" location.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands is now holding an evidence can holding BB's recovered from the finish line scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
The paint can itself isn't evidence; but investigators filled it with BBs they found at the scene, Rolands explains.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands is asked to explain the painstaking process used by investigators to tag, organize, and keep track of evidence.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands says he was a the finish line scene collecting evidence from April 16th-April 21st @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands says evidence each item was logged by case #, date & time collected, location, marker # & names of who collected it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Rolands says at Black Falcon Pier the evidence was sorted by importance, some items sent to Quantico for analysis @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge asks for the morning recess to begin - interrupting the direct examination. Back in 15 mins.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
After jury is excused, judge calls attorneys over to a sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
After jury is excused, judge calls attorneys over to a sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong retweeted
Carl Stevens @carlwbz · 2h 2 hours ago
While the defense challenged meaning/context of #Tsarnaev tweets, there was no such challenge of the boat writings.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
.@JuliannaH2 No, 2012. Govt put into evidence many Tweets from the 2012 marathon date, suggesting but not saying there was a connection.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Back from break, govt arguing the defense was "unprofessional" to ask them to allow the Mecca photo in front of the jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Agent Rolands is back on the stand. Prosecution continues its questioning about the evidence collection @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Break over, everyone is back in court.
Direct exam of FBI Agent Rolands continues.
#Tsarnaev has arms folded as jury returns.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Rolands says evidence was recovered form rooftops, ledges, on the ground, interior of buildings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Evidence collected from top of Charlesmark Hotel - 4 stories up, he says.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Rolands. Defense has no questions. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Witness #30 for the prosecution is FBI agent Kristen Koch.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch is team leader who processes crime scenes.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch oversaw the evidence processing center at the Black Falcon warehouse. Says it was the size of 2 football fields @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
She oversaw the process of turning an empty building into a fully-functioning office - everything from staffing to printer toner, she says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch says she set up the evidence processing warehouse at 9pm on April 15th, estimates she spent 22hrs/day there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch says Black Falcon warehouse was staffed 24/7 during bombing investigation, served as central location for evidence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch says evidence came to them "still wet and bloody" from the crime scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Evidence was coming to her from hospitals, still "wet and bloody" Koch says, needing to be dried out before being categorized.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch details the "chain of custody" that evidence undergoes in order to document everything about its origin and path once collected.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
"It's a way to make sure the evidence has been in control and custody of the FBI...the entire time," Koch says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch is going over the "chain of custody" with evidence & how it was preserved @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch says approximately 3,000 items were brought in to Black Falcon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch saw roughly 3,000 "items" (evidence) go through the Black Falcon facility; many were bound for Quantico.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Evidence was flown in special planes, with FBI pilots, out of Logan - right to HQ.
Koch herself often put evidence on the planes herself.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch explained that when evidence was flown to Quantico, she drove the evidence to Logan & met the FBI plane personally @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Koch now handles the paint can of BBs that Agent Rolands just examined.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
As Koch handles the evidence can in front of her, you can hear the BBs rolling around inside the metal can @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Agent Koch. Defense has no questions. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The next government witness is Dr. Michael Macias who works at the FBI lab in Quantico, VA @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias has a PhD. in chemistry.
His expertise is "post-blast" evidence and analysis.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias was the person "primarily responsible" for receiving all of the evidence being flown down to Quantico.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias says his job was to analyze evidence, seeing if they could piece bombs back together @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Evidence went to different units - trace, firearms & tool marks, fingerprints, DNS, chemistry @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias explains how they look for fingerprints, DNA evidence, metal analysis, paint analysis, etc.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias outlines how they measured and catalogued every wire and piece of evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The explosives unit took the last look at all the evidence & developed a report based on that evidence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias is now holding a new piece of evidence, another can.
He describes all the ID numbers and tracking markers on it.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Macias is now holding another metal can with two pieces of evidence in it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Every piece of evidence FBI received that intense level of scrutiny, Macias testifies.
Govt is done; defense has no questions.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Next government witness is FBI Special Agent Jason Costello, former Army officer. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
FBI Special Agent Jason Costello takes stand. Every person in court faces him except #Tsarnaev, who's resting head on hand, looking down.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Agent Costello electronically diagrams, measures, and maps crime scenes to pinpoint exact locations of evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello says he's an ERT member. He's explaining "Total Station" which is survey equipment to electronically diagram scenes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello says Total Station is the same surveying equipment you see at construction sites, on a tripod @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello responded to Boylston Street the morning after; took him from Tuesday - Sunday to document.
His focus was "Scene B" - Forum site.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello took about 4,000 photos at scene.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello says he was called to the Forum restaurant scene, he electronically mapped it. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello says when evidence is found, it's brought to his attention and he maps it. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello: "With both physical evidence and human remains, I mapped 407 items, 4,000 or so shots to depict what was there" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello says they worked 14 hour days for about a week mapping the different crime scenes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The jury is now looking at a graphic showing several brightly colored dots in front of the Forum restaurant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello is reviewing one of the images he created with "dots" showing each item he mapped; jury seeing it now.
It's a CAD drawing.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Costello says the different color dots are meant to show different types of evidence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Picture an aerial view of Finish Line area with colored confetti dots all over the image; each dot is evidence, color-coded.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
You can see evidence dots on the roofs of buildings like Lord & Taylor.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Now jury is looking at a second graphic showing brightly colored dots near the finish line scene - more evidence mapped out @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Agent Costello. Defense has no questions. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Govt concludes; defense passes.

Next witness: Paula Ernst, chief of "operational projects unit" at FBI lab in Quantico.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst's background is accident reconstruction. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst is in the Forensic Response section as the chief of the Operational Projects unit @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says she trained the previous witness, Special Agent Jason Costello on the Total Station surveying equipment @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst trained many of the agents who documented the scene and evidence at marathon scene.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst documented scenes at Pentagon post 9/11 and Columbine High School post-shootings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says after sending initial team to Boston, she sent a mobile imaging truck to be able to process images on scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst got the call from Boston's FBI office to help processing scene after bombs exploded.
She sends first crews; realized more are needed.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
"We laser-scanned Boylston Street," she said, including Scene A and Scene B.
She also sent specialized FBI plane to take GPS-based pictures.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says after sending initial team to Boston, she sent a mobile imaging truck to be able to process images on scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says they laser scanned Boylston St. from the site of the first bombing through the site of the second blast @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says they also sent a plane up from Virginia that took several high resolution GPS-based photos to create a mosaic @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
The plane Ernst describes can recreate a to-scale reconstruction of the scene but flying over it in a grid, camera in plane's belly.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Jury is now seeing a to-scale diagram created by data Ernst & team gathered; 3+ blocks of Boylston.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
She says it's accurate down the length of the traffic stripes in the road. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The jury is now seeing an overhead graphic of Boylston St. "to scale" from Dartmouth St to Gloucester St @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Each block is color-coded in a different color. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst is now explaining the color-coded evidence dots & how they correspond to their evidence list @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says dots on the screen were deemed by investigator to be "important to the case" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says when you hover over a dot, you see its evidence number & a photo of it when available @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
She is now re-explaining the colored-dot evidence map that Agent Costello just reviewed, showing how each dot = item of evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Each dot color corresponds to different categories @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ernst: both Scene A&B show "a couple hundred" items, each of which links to "multiple" photographs of evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Ernst says there are about 100 pieces of evidence documented at the Forum scene, hundreds of corresponding photos @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Ernst. Defense has no questions @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Prosecution has just wheeled in about 15 boxes of evidence. Judge asks them to pause testimony until evidence is brought in @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Next government witness is FBI Special Agent Sarah De Lair @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair is a team leader in FBI evidence recovery efforts.
She responded to marathon bombing scene at 5:45pm Monday.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says she was called to Boylston St to collect evidence, but bomb techs had to do one more sweep, so they regrouped @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says at about 11pm April 15 they went back to Boylston & took photos of victims' bodies before the ME took them away @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Crews had to wear protective gear, sign in and out of scene, entering and exiting from specific locations only. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
We collected human remains, bomb components, parts of backpacks, a wide range of things, De Lair explains.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
The medical examiner's office kept sending staff to scene to collect other body parts the crews found. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says it was a little after noon on April 16th when they briefed the teams on protocol at the scene. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says it took some time to organize teams & make sure everything was coordinated appropriately to handle the scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair: "We collected everything from human remains to bomb components to parts of backpacks" @NECN #Tsarnaev

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Carl Stevens @carlwbz · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair: we collected evidence from roof tops, sidewalk, even lifted planters with fork lifts to see if anything was under them. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair: we had to take extra care when business owners wanted to get back into shops; needed another security sweep.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says she's reviewed evidence items #42 - #618, all of which are now sitting in boxes in the courtroom. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Prosecution says there are hundreds of pieces of evidence in the boxes brought to court - exhibit #s 42-618 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says the medical examiners office had to keep coming back to the scene to collect body parts found by investigators @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
De Lair says they divided the scene into 4 quadrants, separated into teams assigned to each quadrant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
By my count, that's 576 pieces of evidence brought to court @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
The evidence items in these many boxes are the ones connected to each of those colored dots I have mentioned from earlier CAD drawing.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Judge is concerned about how all this evidence can/should go in at one time, and how it links to the maps we've been shown.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Judge calls for lunch break; will send jury home, in a surprise move.
He says he and lawyers have work to do.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Jury is told to come back tomorrow morning, when the direct examination of Agent De Lair will continue,. #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Jury leaves; Judge wants to talk about how to handle the boat. He wants to go look at it himself this afternoon.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Judge has to rule on whether or not the jury sees the boat in its entirety or just the panels with the writings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Judge O'Toole says he hasn't made decision yet on whether he will allow jury to see the entire boat or portions of the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
“@girlbos: @AlyshaNECN @NECN Where is the boat being held?” At an undisclosed location.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Sounds like Judge and one rep. from each legal team will take a field trip to go see the Watertown boat in which #Tsarnaev hid on 4/19.
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https://twitter.com/jimarmstrongwbz

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
One of Tsarnaev's notes from Watertown boat.

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Second note; govt says Tsarnaev wrote one long message on 3 panels inside boat.

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Note 3 of 3. #Tsarnaev

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
From today's testimony: #Tsarnaev reads his boat note in court. Courtesy: Jane Rosenberg

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56m 56 minutes ago
A moment from today's testy exchange re: #Tsarnaev's Twitter accounts. Courtesy: Jane Rosenberg

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
BREAKING: Here's the verbatim of what was written by #Tsarnaev in the #Watertown boat according to the govt @NECN

 

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Jurors Shown Tsarnaev's Blood-Stained Boat Writings

http://www.necn.com/news/new-englan...sarnaevs-Social-Media-Accounts-295722071.html
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Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Jury Sees Photos Of Tsarnaev Boat Note

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/10/jury-in-boston-bombing-trial-sees-photos-of-writing-in-boat/
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Boston bomber: Dzhokhar’s message of hate scrawled on boat’s hull (WARNING: some graphic content in video and article)

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...phworldnewsndm (Daily Telegraph | World News)
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The Boston Globe ‏@BostonGlobe 23m23 minutes ago
The defense got in its first real shots against prosecution in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, @GlobeCullen says http://bit.ly/1wWGRTC

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Day 5 of #Tsarnaev trial will shift focus to murder of MIT officer Sean Colllier. Also continuation of yesterday's FBI evidence-gathering.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
I'm at federal court for the #Tsarnaev trial today where we expect to hear evidence surrounding the murder of MIT Officer Sean Collier @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Officer Dic Donohue is in court as we expect to hear testimony surrounding the murder of his friend Officer Sean Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Courtroom is filling up; FBI agent De Lair is already on the stand, waiting for her re-direct to continue. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court in a black suit and blue shirt. He chats with his attorneys as he walks in @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
As we wait for judge and jury, prosecutors have filledthe witness stand with bags and cans full of evidence for Agent De Lair. #Tsarnaev