Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 159 is up. He says he has told a few people he's a prospective juror, doesn't influence him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23s 24 seconds ago
Juror 159 works for a lighting showroom, he's one of three employees. Employer was negative about paying him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59s 59 seconds ago
Juror 159 said it's potentially a hardship that could be overcome by dipping into his retirement @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
159: He hasn't talked substance of case with anyone, but has talked about his jury selection process. "I've walked away from conversations.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
159: "I have done more soul-searching" re: death penalty.
Judge: We'll get to that.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev defense suggests just jumping to death penalty questions; judge decides not to; asks 159 about his activism on right-to-life issue

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 159 said on questionnaire that he once tried to get a pro-life measure on the MA ballot @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17s 18 seconds ago
Juror 159:considered himself against death penalty, now quoting scripture "let he who is without sin cast the 1st stone" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
159 is quoting a story about Jesus and the Pharisees and the woman who was caught committing adultery and her punishment. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 37 seconds ago
Juror 159: I consulted with 6 people on death penalty, 3 were on either side, so I was confused on my stance @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 159: talked "to 6 people that I respected" before I came in to fill out questionnaire, trying to figure out my stance on death penalty

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35s 35 seconds ago
Juror 159: 1 person told him there was no true mercy without the ultimate justice @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
159: quoting things he's read, saying capital punishment preserves the respect for the sacredness of life and preserves justice.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47s 47 seconds ago
Juror 159 continues expressing this inner struggle. He is done. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
159: gives long speech on the propriety of pleading for mercy
one lawyer says "that clears things up for us"
and juror is excused.

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 161: his wife is lawyer, mostly civil work - not criminal.
He is a manager of a restaurant.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54s 54 seconds ago
Juror 161 is up. He is a restaurant manager & his wife is a lawyer. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: "I work ridiculous hours," so the jury schedule is not a problem.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: his restaurant is in Tiverton, RI so the commute to and from here, if he were to work on days court is in session, would be harsh.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
judge: why do you use facebook.
161: spying on friends, mostly.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 11 seconds ago
Juror 161 says he uses LinkedIn & Facebook. Judge: what do you use Facebook for? Juror 161: spying on friends! @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: very close to his cousin who served in Afghanistan, saw combat; they've spoken extensively about it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41s 41 seconds ago
Juror 161 says his cousin served 2 tours in Afghanistan. He's close to his cousin @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: was witness in a New Bedford murder case "a long time ago" when he was about 18.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Accused murderer was "a friend of mine" who killed his wife & child; 161 was a witness for the DA; he was with defendant day before murder

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 27 seconds ago
Juror 161 says he was a prosecution witness in a murder case back in the 1990's after a friend murdered his wife & child @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
As a result of that difficult experience, being witness for prosecution vs. his friend, juror 161 still says he thinks justice system works.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161 "very rarely" watches news, can't answer questions re: war on terror, has no thoughts on Muslims, "uneducated in that category" he says

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 32 seconds ago
Juror 161 says he's unsure of #Tsarnaev guilt - "I'm unsure what to believe until I hear all the facts" @NECN

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
As you might expect, juror 161 says he has no idea on #Tsarnaev guilt; says he needs "all the facts from both sides".

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: also says he "does not know" how he feels about the death penalty. "I've never had to think about it before," he offers. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 161 on death penalty: "with some reflection maybe that would be an applicable punishment for some things" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 161 on death penalty: "there's a level of heinous crime that may deserve that" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 161 says he's in favor of the death penalty but could vote for life sentence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: There might be "some heinous crime" that would warrant the death penalty. Could vote for it OR life in prison, he says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Asked if he could vote for death penalty, juror 161 said he was unsure, also said he was unsure he could vote life @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 13 seconds ago
Juror 161: "my hesitation is I haven't had to think about something like that before" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161 also feels like life in prison is, in some ways, worse than being put to death.
I could never spend my life in prison, he says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41s 42 seconds ago
Juror 161 explains his answer that life in prison is more severe than death penalty "being locked up forever is worse" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Heated argument now over whether or not the judge's instructions will include the phrase that death penalty is the "worse" punishment.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
This is the most heated lawyers have gotten in front of a juror.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
At issue: whether or not the law itself "has a position" on the death penalty being the "more serious" punishment vs. life imprisonment.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
.@pattispacone A lot is TBD; I think they'd have to start over, depending on where/if it gets moved.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Attys & judge are arguing in front of juror over whether the law ranks death penalty as worse punishment than life in prison @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18s 19 seconds ago
Judge says "we'll figure that out" but asks juror 161 to consider it hypothetically @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Asked to talk again about his testimony against his friend, #161 says it was painful & emotional, but he testified voluntarily.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
In that case, juror 161's friend killed his wife & 2 month old baby. #Tsarnaev team wants to know if this case will affect him...

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
...since this case involves also the death of child.
161: I did not know this case involved the death of a child.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44s 45 seconds ago
Juror 161: "I was not aware there was a child involved" says he has 3yo at home so they don't watch news often @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 38s 39 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev atty asks juror 161 how his experience in friend's murder trial & as a father affects his service on this case @NECN

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Conrad: this case may involve seeing graphic pictures of a dead child; how will that affect you?
161: no matter what, that's upsetting.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: his cousin returned from Afghanistan w/ injuries after an IED exploded his vehicle. Defense wants to learn if 161 is impacted by that.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 34 seconds ago
Changing topics, juror 161 says his cousin who served in Afghanistan was injured when IED hit his hummer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 7 seconds ago
Juror 161 said even if war in Iraq & Afghanistan is introduced as possible motive he could be impartial @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: my opinion is he's innocent until proven guilty.
Conrad: i'm not asking about legal requirement.
161: i believe he had involvement

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 26 seconds ago
Juror 161 on #Tsarnaev - "I believe he had involvement, I do not know to what extent, if involvement itself means he's guilty..." @NECN

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: i don't know to what extent he was involved.
Conrad: what if govt. didn't prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt? could u acquit?
"Yes"

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Someone told 161 that getting called for this case was "awesome."
His response: "awesome for who?"
He was "shocked" at getting called.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 8 seconds ago
Juror 161 said he was "in shock" when he got summons. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161: in that first jury room, everybody was saying how they were going to do everything they could *not* to get picked & I was ashamed.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 25 seconds ago
Juror 161 said in original jury pool people were saying they would "do everything they could to not get picked" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55s 56 seconds ago
Juror 161 said originally he felt that he didn't want to be picked, then realized importance of serving @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 47 seconds ago
Juror 161 says he's very concerned about what would happen if he doesn't get paid while serving - he's unsure @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
161 is done, as are we for the day.
Lawyers/judge will resume in sidebar.
See you tomorrow morning....
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 8 seconds ago
Juror 161 is done. That's the last juror of the day. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN
Through six days of voir dire, 81 jurors have been questioned. @NECN #Tsarnaev

http://boston.cbslocal.com/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trial-live-updates/

https://twitter.com/alyshanecn

 

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Tsarnaev Lawyers Defend Use Of Juror Excerpts In Request To Move Trial

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BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said Friday they did nothing wrong by including excerpts from juror questionnaires in their third request to move the trial outside Massachusetts.
In a court filing Thursday, Tsarnaev’s lawyers included comments some prospective jurors wrote saying they believe Tsarnaev is guilty and should receive the death penalty...

O’Toole continued questioning prospective jurors Friday. He had originally said he expected opening statements in the trial to take place on Monday, but the process of jury selection has been slower than anticipated. No firm date has been set for openings."

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/01/...e-of-juror-excerpts-in-request-to-move-trial/
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[Chelly]

YoN, Excellent, excellent work posting tweets. thanks!

 

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Surveys Show Bias of Potential Jurors in Boston Bombing Trial

"...Judge O’Toole has said that if finding an impartial jury proves too difficult, he will reassess his position on moving the trial. He also criticized the defense team, saying that its disclosure of information found in the confidential questionnaires was improper, and he ordered sealed the motion that included responses from the jurors...."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/u...n-selection-of-a-jury.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
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Is the Defendant White or Not?

"...But recent research of ours suggests that another, largely overlooked factor may also play an important role in the trial: whether the jurors perceive Mr. Tsarnaev as white..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/opinion/sunday/is-the-defendant-white-or-not.html?ref=opinion&_r=2

 

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Lawyers hunt too-eager Tsarnaev jurors
Both sides aim to cull ‘rogues’

"...But after six days of vetting more than 80 potential jurors, attorneys were on the lookout for the opposite problem: Those who appear to be trying too hard to get on the panel that will weigh one of the most watched cases in Boston history...."

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...naev-jurors/Uzq8Xf0Vq29oLMVahcpSAO/story.html
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Judge in Tsarnaev case has no-nonsense reputation

"...O’Toole, who was appointed to the federal bench in 1995, is known not only for his no-nonsense approach, but for his sense of fairness, a trait those who know him say will be his hallmark as he oversees the high-profile trial..."

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...unflappable/dK06ACKaZe9PelIjocnmPL/story.html

 

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'Death-qualified' juror search slows marathon, theater cases

"...But death penalty opponents have long said the process is fundamentally unfair. They argue that death-qualified juries do not represent a true cross-section of the community and are less likely to be sympathetic to the defense.

"You end up with a jury with less women, less blacks, less Democrats ... you end up with a jury that is skewed in ways that make it probably more conservative, more accepting of prosecution arguments, of state authority," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that opposes executions...."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/52c6...ied-juror-search-slows-marathon-theater-cases

 

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Link: http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/201...r04/enhanced-buzz-wide-16456-1420562583-7.jpg

scene from around the courthouse:
A pedestrian walks past a memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on the second day of jury selection. Brian Snyder / Reuters

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
I've been pulled from #Tsarnaev jury selection the next few days to cover the #Patriots rally & the #Blizzard @NECN

https://twitter.com/alyshanecn

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Back in court for what's sure to be a very shortened week of #Tsarnaev jury selection, thanks to the winter storm(s) ahead

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
.@Beckyx1 Court won't ask potential jurors to travel in dangerous conditions; if I had to guess, no jury selection Tue & Wed this week.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Today begins w/ 82nd juror questioned; b/c of how judge is handling the process, we have no idea how many jurors progressed to next round

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
A court spokesperson tells us 19 potential jurors could be here today; unclear how many will make the cut for 1-on-1 questioning. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14m 14 minutes ago
Back in #Tsarnaev. We saw extremely high security today, mostly because the expected start of t he trial. Officers lined up to Strega.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Security in & all around federal court is much-intensified today - for what, you'll recall, was supposed to have been the 1st day of trial.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 8m 8 minutes ago
The trial teams are in the courtroom. Pool reporters @Laurel_Sweet and @MiltonValencia waiting for escort.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14s 15 seconds ago
Pool reporters for morning, myself and @Laurel_Sweet, brought into courtroom. Tsarnaev is here chatting with lawyer openly. Waiting on Judge

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev and attorneys Judy Clarke and Miriam Conrad are enjoying upbeat conversation.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev is in court - with lawyers from both sides - waiting for the judge.....

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 16s 16 seconds ago
Clarke is reviewing documents with #Tsarnaev. Jurors coming out.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Jury pool led into room; #Tsarnaev leans over & whispers something to def. atty. Miriam Conrad. He's dressed like he has been throughout.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 7s 8 seconds ago
18 prospective jurors are seated - 11 women, 7 men. It is mixed bag age wise.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 16s 17 seconds ago
Judge has interviewed 81 potential jurors over six days so far. But we don't know how many of them he has excluded so far.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Normal routine this AM; judge welcomes/instructs jury pool; they are sworn in; they leave, and return one at a time for questioning.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3m 3 minutes ago
Also Boston Globe's Eric Moskowitz wrote powerful piece on Sunday about a bombing victim's heartbreaking dilemma: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...ble-amputee/TMp4i6hRZHO9bDgvwxhGhK/story.html …

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 29s 30 seconds ago
He wants 70 suitable/qualified jurors. Lawyers/prosecutors can then dismiss some for strategy, before impaneling 12 jurors/6 alternates

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 35s 35 seconds ago
One man studies #Tsarnaev intensely as Judge O'Toole repeats the death penalty ins and outs.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 31s 32 seconds ago
Here's an old story on the process>>>>>Court will cast wide net for bombing trial’s jury http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...QatFcl11b5nOdxfzfE6J/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 7s 7 seconds ago
Until this group, 81 prospective jurors were interviewed. Their status has not been made public.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 25s 25 seconds ago
Don't know IDs of jurors. As we talk about a diverse jury, we are seeing what I believe is most racially diverse pool today

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Today's hopefuls include 3 black jurors. They are the first.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 38s 38 seconds ago
An older female juror is looking #Tsarnaev over with a sad expression.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev, in dark suit jacket and gray slacks, watches jury leave. He rarely engages or looks at them during individual voir dire.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 188 was due in today but left the state. He will report for voir dire Friday, O'Toole told.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
Three black jurors in pool today, first I have seen. We have seen Latino/a and Asian journalists prior to this, other races/nationalities.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge: let's skip tomorrow because of weather. "We have been moving more slowly" than anticipated.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge: even though this has been going slowly, I'm not discouraged. So no jury selection tomorrow; Wednesday is "iffy" he proclaims.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 9s 9 seconds ago
"Progress isn't always measured by ow long it takes to get a result."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 32s 33 seconds ago
O'Toole will NOT conduct jury selection tomorrow in light of the pending #blizzardof2015.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 20s 21 seconds ago
Wednesday, he said, is "still iffy."#blizzardof2015 #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
So, no court here tomorrow, regardless of what court as a whole does. He will decide on Wednesday at a later time.

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 109 (we skipped her earlier for unknown reasons): she works w/ autistic kids in school system. she goes right into her hardships.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 9s 9 seconds ago
Our first juror, 109, is the sad woman. She works with autistic children. Defense wants her let go. She is.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 109: it wouldn't be fair to my students to change their routines by having me serve on this jury.
She's done.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 169: he's worried about childcare if he's picked; has a 3 month old and 2.5 year old and he takes to daycare; wife can't.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge pushed past hardship concerns, asks 169 re: his nurse practitioner wife who works at MGH: did she know victims?
she knew doctors.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 169, a young father. Says he has to bring 3 month old to child care, he's responsible.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
So on we go to Juror 169, a man and father of two, including a 3-month-old. His wife is a cardiac nurse in Boston.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 169 says he's "rarely" on social media. He says "rarely" is once a day.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 17s 17 seconds ago
Juror 169 is a voiceover engineer and works some distance away.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
His wife is a nurse, at MGH, in cardio. She knew doctors who ran Marathon, but not injured.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 10s 10 seconds ago
The verdict is in for Juror 169: "Yes, he is guilty," #Tsarnaev hangs his head.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 27 seconds ago
Juror 169 thinks Tsarnaev is guilty already. “That’s my opinion, yes, he is guilty.” Basing that on news reports.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
169: "That's my opinion; yes, he is guilty."
#Tsarnaev sits back from table, left leg crossed over right, left knee resting on table.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"The media coverage was so vast, it's tough to overcome that in my opinion," juror 169 says, explaining he can't be impartial.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Doesn't think he can remain open. “The media coverage was so vast, there was so much evidence. It’s tough to overcome in my opinion.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
169: leans towards the death penalty, but could also vote for life in prison "if called for by the facts of the case". #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Defense interrupts: "Your honor, we have no follow up,"
Prosecution agrees. He's done.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 38s 38 seconds ago
Lawyers alert O'Toole to end the interview.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 32s 32 seconds ago
Judge moving on, asking Juror 169 about death penalty, and lawyers on both sides seem to be asking, "why bother?" He's allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 13s 13 seconds ago
Juror 171, speaks what seems like a thick Haitian Creole accent. Says has a hardship, was supposed to go through job training at a hospital

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 171: she is our first black potential juror to reach this phase.
She was supposed to start training on a new job; medical assistant

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 41s 41 seconds ago
Juror 171. a woman. is welcomed. She was supposed to start training this morning at a Hub hospital for her nursing career.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge pushes on, despite 171's concern for the job training she's supposed to be having.
She also has trouble sitting for long stretches.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 55s 55 seconds ago
There is an undisclosed issue with her sitting for long periods of time. #Tsarnaev pushes back from the table, rubs his neck.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 171: #Tsarnaev is guilty; Asked if she could be impartial, "I don't know. My family had to shut off the TV b/c I get very emotional."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 29 seconds ago
Juror saying she would get emotional, would ask her daughter to turn off the TV.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
171 is excused from further questioning.
We seem to be 0 for 3 this morning.
#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 10s 11 seconds ago
Juror 171 said she became "so emotional" watching coverage of the #BostonMarathonBombing her family had to shut off the TV. Gone.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 37s 37 seconds ago
Juror 172 comes in. Works in “high performance computer” environment for a program sponsored by MIT. Says won’t affect her.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 19s 19 seconds ago
Juror 172, also a woman. Runs computer program for two prominent university campuses, including @MIT.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 172: computer specialist for MIT/Harvard pgm.
Judge asks if MIT connection to this case will affect her?
"I don't believe so, no."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 172: thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty; can u set aside those beliefs?
"Maybe.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
She uses Facebook, but like once a month. "I post pictures of my dog."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172: "Truthfully, I probably could put aside any previously-formed opinions, not that I'm interested in serving on this jury."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 11s 12 seconds ago
“Truthfully, I probably could…put aside any previously formed opinions," Juror 172 says when asked if she could be open.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 35s 35 seconds ago
She says she doesn't want to serve, but if chosen will be fair. She leans toward favoring the death penalty.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 55s 55 seconds ago
She adds, "…not that I’m interested in serving on the jury for as long as this one could take.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172: undecided on the death penalty as possible punishment in general. If #Tsarnaev is guilty, she'd vote for that OR life in prison.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 25s 25 seconds ago
Juror supports death penalty, 7 of 10, but can be open and can hand out life, if that's what penalty should be.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Lawyers for both sides take an interest in juror 172.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"I don't think you're going to get anyone walking in here ... who can whole-heartedly" come in here and tell you exactly what they'll do.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 53s 53 seconds ago
Juror opening up, explains "maybe" answer: “I think if you get anyone to sit here and say wholeheartedly, one way or another, they’re lying”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172 is among most forceful we've seen; she's pushing back vs.#Tsarnaev team's questions; says being called for jury dury here is daunting

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17s 17 seconds ago
“the death penalty is a big deal, I don’t think any individual should take that lightly, even given the circumstances.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172 has been worried about sequester; her friends told her to try to get out jury duty. "Everyone told me ways to try to get out of it."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 59s 60 seconds ago
Juror 172: "I think if you get anyone who sits here and wholeheartedly says they'd do one thing or another, they're lying."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20s 20 seconds ago
One co-worker said recently that he knew one of the victims, but, “I told him not to talk to me about that.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172: one co-worker told her he knew a victim; she said don't talk to me about that.
172 has only been at MIT 5 months.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 20s 21 seconds ago
She did not work for @MIT when campus Officer Sean Collier was murdered, allegedly by #Tsarnaev and his late brother Tamerlan.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172 worked at BU at time of bombing; student there was among 3 killed. 172 says she wasn't connected to her.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172: also heard "ridiculous" discussion on @MattyintheAM about getting a DJ's son on the jury.
"I thought they were being goofballs."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50s 50 seconds ago
Juror worked at BU time of Marathon, knew of support system for victim Lu Lingzi. Won't affect her, she says.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172: unsure how she'll react to graphic images to be shown to this jury.
Also unsure re: death penalty being "worse" than life in prison.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
We are learning the jury may be shown extremely graphic images of the dead and injured. Lawyers need to know if they can handle it.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30s 30 seconds ago
Judy Clarke wants to ask more on juror's policy views on death penalty, but judge says her answer has been clear.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57s 57 seconds ago
Here's a new question defense asking: You're going to see graphic photos of victim/scene. Can you handle that? This juror says don't know.

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
172 is done.
173: began teaching a new morning class last week. it's an elective for grad students; may move it? students switch?

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Coming up, Juror 173, a woman. A teacher. Her voice booms through the courtroom.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 173, a professor, just started teaching a class. But, "It's an elective, it's not a required course."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
We're hearing loud rattling of the panels in courtroom. It's weird. Juror interjects, "It's starting to snow."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
She's speaking directly into mic, like she was shouting into a megaphone. Judge asks her to sit back a bit.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
There is some kind of loud thumping, vibrating noise concerning everyone. O'Toole deducts it's her voice shaking the speakers.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
173: studies effect of physical activity on inner-city kids; professional researcher; part time teacher. Husband is in finance

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 48s 49 seconds ago
In addition to teaching at a university, Juror 173 does government funded research into phys-Ed for at-risk kids.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24s 24 seconds ago
Juror is more of a researcher than professor, on activity of inner-city kids. her husband works in finance.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
173 is "unsure" of #Tsarnaev guilt/innocence.
"I think it was a little unfair of me to be biased...based on the media."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 173 is generally undecided on the issue of the death penalty.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"I've killed spiders and that's about it," 173 says, explaining her reticence to commit one way or the other on imposing the death penalty.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 173 says she "falls on the fence" in terms of the fate of #Tsarnaev, "I've killed spiders, that's about it,"

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Says she's open to death penalty, but difficulty actually voting for it. "I've killed spiders, that's about it."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
173 has run Boston Marathon before; not the year in question.
She doesn't think it would "skew" her thinking in this case.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50s 50 seconds ago
She's run the Marathon, feels connected to it. “Most of us in the Boston area have been touched by it in some way.” Says can be open.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Turns out Juror 173 has run the #bostonmarathon before. #Tsarnaev, meanwhile, has wandered off in his head.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
govt: would you be able to sentence someone to death?
173: "I think I could do the right thing, yes."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57s 57 seconds ago
Juror saying she’s on the fence, but could decide one way or another, “Based on the facts, and everything in front of me.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Bruck saying can you be open? “It’s not a mathematical formula, or anything like that…in the end, it’s more of a moral subjective decision.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50s 50 seconds ago
She seems to be desperately trying to provide whatever answer she thinks they want to hear.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror saying instinct is life, but on death, “I could probably go that way, if the evidence was there.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42s 42 seconds ago
"That changes things," she said. "You wouldn't know that until you sat in the room." She's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37s 37 seconds ago
" I just want to do the right thing." she explains.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
juror 173 leaves...
there's question as to whether next guy up can be called, because he's a "part-time regular" firefighter....

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Next juror is a firefighter. Does that make him exempt from federal jury duty? O'Toole researching.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 21 seconds ago
Next juror apparently works for a Fire Department, "So we'll skip him," Judge says

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge calls for a legal reference book; decides next guy (firefighter) is exempt.
We skip to next juror.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 56s 56 seconds ago
He will not be called into the courtroom after all. We're not told his juror number.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 176, middle aged to older gentleman, pony tail and tie.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 29s 29 seconds ago
Awaiting Juror 176. This is the man who earlier took a hard look at #Tsarnaev from the jury box.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 176: retired ITT college instructor and Boston Public Schools teacher.
Daughter is a pediatric nurse in Dorchester

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 10s 10 seconds ago
Juror 176, retired professor at technical college and Boston schools, in technical drawing.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 30s 30 seconds ago
Juror 176 is retired from teaching technical drawing. He writes short stories as his hobby.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
176: maintains personal blog to post his artwork & writings.
it's a http://wordpress.com blog; judge needs clarity about what wordpress is

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
He's saying he draws still for hobby, and "nobody pays me anything." Judy Clarke laughs out loud at that.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8s 9 seconds ago
He also blogs on art, started writing short stories in college. "I still haven't gotten paid for anything....I just want people to read it."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
176: i write more like "alice in wonderland" non-fiction stories, he explains, saying he never blogged about this case.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22s 22 seconds ago
Have you blogged about this case? "My stuff is more Alice in Wonderland."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
176 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty based on "the American media and other media" but I know guilt or innocence must be decided here, he says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5s 5 seconds ago
“I understand a formal court proceeding is different from newspapers ... and that is where I believe the trial should be decided.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Stepped out of court for a sidebar, to learn that a US Coast Guard helicopter was hovering above courthouse. Testing security?

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Source of earlier noise a mystery but have since learned a @uscoastguard helicopter was circling the courthouse.#Tsarnaev serious stuff.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"The death penalty should be used rarely," 176 offers.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 45s 46 seconds ago
“I’m not for or against the death penalty, I could vote to impose it or I could vote to impose life in prison.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50s 50 seconds ago
He is not for or against the death penalty.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
There is an "incident" at question in this juror's past, but all talk about it is happening at sidebar; reporters asked to leave courtroom

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
We come back from sidebar..and juror 176 is gone.
So........ ok.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
Poor Juror 176 was summonsed for jury duty one year ago for a state murder trial. He was not picked.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 30s 31 seconds ago
Back in the pool after lengthy sidebar to find Juror 176 gone. Now up, Juror 181, a male hippie type. He steals a look at #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
We came back into courtroom from a sidebar, and juror is no longer here. So that's that. Next is Juror 181.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 181 left a lot of answers blank on his questionnaire; judge needs to know why.
Turns out, if his answer was NO, 181 left it blank.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
181: is a marine engineer in New York; does one week on, one week off.
He thinks his company will pay if he gets chosen to serve.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57s 58 seconds ago
Juror 181, long, thin, graying hair. Glasses. He’s a laborer, works on a boat dock in New York. Works Wed. to Wed.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 41s 42 seconds ago
Would it be a hardship? "Rumor has it the company pays."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 8s 8 seconds ago
Juror 181 is a marine engineer assigned to a boat in New York. He is a widow. His late wife was a court clerk, but he's not sure.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
181: his deceased wife used to work in Quincy Dist. Court; he isn't clear what she used to do.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 18s 19 seconds ago
Social media is lost on him.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
181: My cousin works for Drug Enforcement Agency; deceased uncle worked for Mass State Police;

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
once again, back from sidebar and the juror being questioned...is gone.
so......
it's AM break time.
#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
We have returned from another long sidebar to find Juror 181 gone. We are now in 10-minute break.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 11m 11 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev starts to slide under the table. Clarke gives him a playful slap on the leg.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Break done; Juror 183 is up.
183: works at Whole Foods as an assistant manager.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 11m 11 minutes ago
We are back in court. Juror 183, a woman, dyed red hair in a pony tail. Got some pink streaks in there too. Works at Whole Foods

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
183: This would be financially difficult "but they can't fire me," she says, with a nervous laugh. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
Juror saying serving could be a hardship. “If it’s $40 a day, it would be a financial struggle, for that length of time.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
She's saying though, she can do weekends, Fridays, use some vacation hours.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
183: she's saying she might have use vacation time to serve to keep getting paid. judge says ok.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
183: "I haven't really seen" much in the media about this, she says. "I know someone was caught."
She has no opinion re: #Tsarnaev guilt.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev combs his hair with a pen, dances it in front of his eyes.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror saying she hasn't really formed an opinion on death penalty. But....

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
183: "feels better" re: life in prison vs. death penalty - but says she's not completely against death penalty.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
183: thinks life in prison is harsher punishment b/c you have to spend the rest of your lift thinking about your crime. #Tsarnae

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
“I’d say life in prison is a stronger sentence because you’d have to spend life in prison thinking about your actions, as opposed to death.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Over 7 days, Tsarnaev has sat quietly, at table. His latest manner is playing with a pen.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Govt atty wants to know about 183's financial hardships; def atty wants to know more about her ex-BF who saw combat in Afghanistan.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Conrad asking about her ex boyfriend's military service in Middle East, saw combat. He was a gunman. But they never talked much about it.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
"I just mostly support our troops," she says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 28 seconds ago
When got summons, “It was a little intimidating to know it was a possibility.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 28 seconds ago
“I know it’s a big, important case, so whoever gets chosen ...will have to be conscience of what’s going on, really focused on the material”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 56s 56 seconds ago
She knows this is "a very big, very important case."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 12s 12 seconds ago
She heard about a victim from her hometown, writing a book. But she doesn't know him. After questioning, she's allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5s 5 seconds ago
Juror 184 steps up. She is, I believe, the 90th to be interviewed for #Tsarnaev.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 184: she's a teacher; she's also got a family trip planned for Feb. break "So I won't be in Boston at that time," she says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 184, one of few black jurors we’ve seen in pool. Sportin a fashionable scarf. Works as a teacher, has young son she brings to daycare

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 184 is teacher in Dorchester. She, her husband and son have had a family trip planned for a year. O'Toole lets her go.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
She and husband had a family vacation planned in February, already paid. Judge lets her go. "We'll miss you but enjoy your trip."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 184 is teacher in Dorchester. She, her husband and son have had a family trip planned for a year. O'Toole lets her go.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 46s 47 seconds ago
Juror 185 comes in. They ask to her to speak directly into mic, she practically shouts into it. "Not too close."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 185: risk/contracts manager for construction company, done it for 30 years.
"I'm a dinosaur," she says, b/c she uses no social media.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 11s 12 seconds ago
Do you use social media? “Absolutely not. I’m a dinosaur.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 185, also a woman, is a contract risk manager. She doesn't use social media. "I'm a dinosaur."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
185: "It is an honor to be asked to serve," she says, adding: The right to a fair and impartial trial is the most important thing we have.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
185: I think everyone in this situation should have mixed feelings about this; I have plans. "One has an obligation" to serve.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20s 20 seconds ago
Says serving would be tough for her. But if people like her don't serve, defendant's rights are eliminated. "We have an obligation."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 22s 23 seconds ago
The single mother considers it an honor to serve, and thinks "it could be the experience of a lifetime."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
185: unsure re: #Tsarnaev guilt/innocence.
She watched everything happen live on TV on day of the marathon.
But hasn't seen much else since

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 10s 11 seconds ago
On Marathon day, she turned on TV 5 minutes bf bombs went off: “I saw the first response, I saw the bomb go off, I saw everything that day.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
She hasn’t really followed since, though, so, “I remain somewhat on the fence.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 39s 40 seconds ago
She saw at least one bomb go off while watching the April 15, 2013, #BostonMarathon on TV.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
185: on the fence about #Tsarnaev guilt; also unsure how she feels about the death penalty.
Also says life in prison could be worse.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 19s 19 seconds ago
She voraciously followed live TV coverage of the hunt for #Tsarnaev four days later.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18s 19 seconds ago
“We all face death one day. Sometimes I think life imprisonment can be a worse punishment.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 17s 18 seconds ago
"To be thrown in with the dregs of society, to live amongst rapists and murderers, to me would be far worse than death."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev is playing w/ his pen, flicking it around in his right hand, staring at it, as juror 185 offers her thoughts on the death penalty

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
185: seems to know the mother of the doctor who treated MBTA officer Dic Donahue.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
185 bought a Boston Strong T-shirt on Boylston St. for her son the weekend after bombings, meant it to show that the city can move on.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 34s 35 seconds ago
She had bought her son a Boston Strong T-shirt. “It’s just the spirit of Boston, that whatever happens, we are going to continue.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 35s 36 seconds ago
She bought her son a #BostonStrong T-shirt on Boylston Street out of "sympathy" for the city.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
She's torn on the death penalty.
"I have a 17 year old son and I can't help being a mother, too." Adds: "I would need to see the evidence."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Bruck wonders if she's automatic on dp. Says no. But she has a son. “I would need to see what happened, I would need to see the evidence"

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
"All I know is what was in the media circus," she says. She's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
On whether she could order #Tsarnaev be killed, "I'm so torn. I have a 17-year-old son. I can't help being a mother, too."

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 186: HR director at a software company; "I have 11 friends on Facebook," my friends made me do it.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
You on Facebook? Not really. Has only 11 friends. “I have an alias on there. Because what I do for a living, it’s not advisable.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Worried about "the judgement that people would have."
She's been told only "dumb" people get picked for juries; smart people get out of it.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Co-workers told her that she should be smart enough to get out of service b/c job should be her priority.
"I disagree completely," she says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 186 human resources director at a software company. She sits, and fixates on judge, to her left.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
186 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty but can look past her assumptions once she has facts.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
She believes #Tsarnaev is guilty and should be put to death. She had friends in town that Marathon Monday

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge says 186 made "substantial contributions to the One Fund".
"There were so many opportunities to give," I did more than usual, she says

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 26s 27 seconds ago
In past, she'd go to bars at finish line after watching Red Sox, cheer on late runners. Also donated significantly to One Fund.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Says she thinks Tsarnaev is guilty and deserves death, but would remain open, though that doesn't mean she wants to serve on jury.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror #186 believes in the death penalty b/c some crimes "are so heinous".
BUT could also vote for life in prison...

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
“I think there are crimes that are so heinous, that if the person is found guilty, that the death penalty is warranted.” Support 8 outa 10.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Many people have told 186 we should 'just skip the trial' and go right to sentencing. But she knows & appreciates that's not how it works.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
People were telling the juror they should skip process and have sentencing phase only, and admits, "I agree." Says now though more open.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Right after bombing, 186 admits she agreed we should just skip the trial; she was emotional.
"There were children involved," she says twice

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Seeing the Boylston St. surveillance video from Lord &Taylor helped 186 form opinion that #Tsarnaev is guilty, along with him in the boat.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Def Atty Conrad: Would you expect defense to present evidence that #Tsarnaev is innocent?
186 hedges, but essentially says yes.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge expects next juror to an "extended" process, so we are breaking for lunch first; back at 2:00.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
With no more questioning, she's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Hour lunch break. Six left to be interviewed today. Stay tuned.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 42m 42 minutes ago
Official word: Federal court will be closed tomorrow for the #blizzard. Waves are kicking up big time in Boston Harbor.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 23s 23 seconds ago
Pros. and lawyers going over jurors they might agree to strike. And Tsarnaev looks like he's falling into chair. Stops to pick himself up.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
We have heard from 11 prospective #Tsarnaev jurors today with 6 to go. Wonder if #blizzardof2015 panic is setting in back there.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 45s 45 seconds ago
Only #Tsarnaev can relax. He is slumped in his chair, head hanging over the back.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
Great moment ... #Tsarnaev leaps to his feet when he sees O'Toole entering, then notices none of the lawyers are rising and sits back down.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 189 is a Vice President for a well-known, well-respected Boston non-profit. He persuades corporations to give generously.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Back to work.
Juror # 189: he works for City Year in Boston; uses variety of social media for work/pleasure.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
Back in session. Juror 189, works in Boston for an education-focused non-profit

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
His wife has a cousin injured in Iraq, injured head and chest, some function in right leg. Sniper injured by IED.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
"All I know is he was with his platoon and things went wrong," he says

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Reaction at summons? “Emotional when I remember the bombing. Intrigued when” realized could sit on case.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
189: has run Boston Marathon 3 times.
"It's a fairly emotional race for me," he says.
Are you too close to be a juror, judge asks.
"Yes."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
The juror said he became "emotional" about the #BostonMarathonBombing when he received his summons. He has run Boston three times.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 36s 36 seconds ago
Juror 189 feels too close to the tragedy to judge #Tsarnaev fairly.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
He's run the Marathon before, once needed medical help at finish line. Says he'd be too emotional to sit on case.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 28 seconds ago
Bruck asking, lots of Bostonians have ties to Marathon. But we need a jury. Can you put that aside, and remain impartial?

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev def. team asks, could u be objective, put aside ur emotions?
"Ive been often surprised by the level of emotion" I feel, he says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 39s 40 seconds ago
Juror says he appreciates importance of process, but, “It would be difficult for me to separate that as part of a trial.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 7s 8 seconds ago
O'Toole stops the interview.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 7s 7 seconds ago
He's allowed to leave.