Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Kyle Mazza ‏@KyleMazzaWUNF 3h3 hours ago
Court official in Boston advises that the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial juror voir dire may be concluded as early as the end of next week #unfnews

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Jury selection for #Tsarnaev trial set to resume momentarily. Lawyers & staff entering courtroom; will jurors make it on time?

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev has taken his usual seat b/w his lawyers; he's slouched back in chair, talking with the defense team, engaged and smiling.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Today is day 10 of #Tsarnaev voir dire; 13th overall day of jury selection.
This process began almost one month ago (Jan 5th).

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
For those who care, #Tsarnaev is wearing his usual dark-colored blazer, button down shirt & he has shaven for the first time in a while.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15m 15 minutes ago
Everyone in courtroom, even some new Marshals/Courtroom security. Just waiting on Judge and jurors.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 54m 54 minutes ago
Today's 5 man security detail in the courtroom to keep the accused terrorist #Tsarnaev in line includes a lady for the first time.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 49m 49 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev runs the back of his fingers over his new five o'clock shadow.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Both teams of lawyers & #Tsarnaev sitting around the table, thumbing through paperwork. No sign of judge or today's jury pool.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge has taken the bench, and is addressing the pool of 16 potential jurors here today. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
We had a better look at Tsarnaev. He still has a beard, it's more of a goatee though then the full beard he's had.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 46m 46 minutes ago
The shave has restored youth and a softness to his features, only 21 years old as they are.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44m 44 minutes ago
To recap, over 12 days, 114 prospective jurors have been interviewed. O'Toole plans to double the workload starting today.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 32m 32 minutes ago
Will be interesting to see if the @Patriots victory parade stops on the #BostonMarathon finish line as this proceeding is going on.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
We have 16 jurors today, nine men and seven women. #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
O'Toole is delivering his standard greeting, including the federal death penalty instruction.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
.@61deirdre Cameras are not allowed in federal court..

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44s 45 seconds ago
Unlike past panels, everyone here seems to be more focused on judge, than defense table.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Security tight again outside the courthouse with vehicles being swept for explosives mechanically and with old fashion pooch power.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
As the jurors leave, #Tsarnaev watches

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 47s 48 seconds ago
Meanwhile, legal wrangling continues>>>>>>>Tsarnaev lawyers ask that jury selection be suspended http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...Gu0fiF2xmVf6RKVT4eJL/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50s 50 seconds ago
And in case you missed this>>>>>>>>>>Tsarnaev jurors have differing views on death as ultimate price http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...E2toBdVs5vD7Ukf1CcHL/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 41s 41 seconds ago
Juror 237, an Asian man, comes in with jeans, jacket and scarf. Speaks with thick accent. Says has work projects, hardships.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 237 will be the 115th to be interviewed. He is a slight-figured Asian male.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror #237: he is worried re: time commitment of jury service being a burden; he's an architect; supervises a team of employees.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37s 38 seconds ago
An architect and partner at his Boston firm, he says work's too busy to serve on a trial of this length.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 54s 55 seconds ago
He's a partner with a firm in Boston, about 150 employees. He's overseeing projects oversees, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 32s 33 seconds ago
Just returned from Middle East in February. Going back end of March

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
237: builds a lot in Kuwait & Saudi Arabia; travels a lot to Middle East for work.
Judge looks at lawyers; they confer; defense takes over.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
He travels frequently and just returned from the Middle East. O'Toole seems inclined to release him.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6s 6 seconds ago
Conrad asking if other people on his team, architects and engineers, can fill in for projects. "They would have to."

im Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Miriam Conrad wants to know if other people could fill in at work for 237 if he had to serve; defense must like this juror for some reason.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 55s 55 seconds ago
Architecture = deadlines.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 13s 13 seconds ago
Judge moving on. Notes Juror wrote, “Feeling distrust of law enforcement in high-profile” cases in media. Juror says re: Ferguson.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
OK, we are staying w/ 237, even though it looked like judge was on the fence.
237 distrusts law enforcement based on recent news (#Ferguson)

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 32s 33 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev's attention is drawn to a noise behind him. Sounded like a shoe dropping.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30s 30 seconds ago
Said emotional when got juror summons. “I live in Boston, and just like most people in Boston I was affected by this particular case.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"I live in Boston," 237 says, and that's why I got "emotional" when I got this jury summons.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
237 says this case has been "so widely televised, it'd be hard to believe the evidence otherwise."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
"It was so excessively terrible, it would be hard to believe the evidence otherwise."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 26s 26 seconds ago
Juror saying he's served on criminal case before, but this was different. Damage excessive.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
237 knew someone running the marathon as well.
He's excused before they ever ask about #Tsarnaev guilt or death penalty...

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 28 seconds ago
Also, a co-worker was at a restaurant at the explosions. Wasn’t injured. Best friend’s father was in race. He's allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37s 38 seconds ago
Juror 248 is a woman who works in construction project management. She has a family member in intensive care right now.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 248: worried about a female family member in ICU, kidney issue, juror has been to hospital almost every day to be with her.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 248, a woman, construction management. Has relative in dire med condition. Her mom healthcare proxy, so provides “emotional support.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
248 is an asst. project mgr. at construction company; her step-uncle is w/ Waltham PD and was on a SWAT team during manhunt for #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
248 says she hasn't talked to uncle about his SWAT experiences; she doesn't think it would bias her if she served.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 54s 55 seconds ago
Her uncle is a Waltham cop who was with one of the SWAT teams who responded to the manhunt for #Tsarnaev in Watertown.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 12s 12 seconds ago
We leave courtroom for sidebar. Juror was saying her step uncle was with Watertown SWAT time of arrest. Can remain impartial.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 8s 9 seconds ago
After a brief sidebar, we are back.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 55s 55 seconds ago
Back in, Juror saying she thinks Tsarnaev is guilty but can stay open. Unsure of death penalty.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
248 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty but is unsure what punishment should be if he's found guilty.
She's not sure if she can be impartial.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 28 seconds ago
Remaining open, “I want to say yes, but…I’m not sure if I can be able to.” Said she’s thought about it more over last month.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 36s 37 seconds ago
Has a Boston Strong bracelet. “I live in Boston, it’s everywhere.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 27s 27 seconds ago
This juror lives locally and was part of the April 19, 2013, shelter in place order while #Tsarnaev was at large.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18s 18 seconds ago
On death penalty, she’d be open, but in this case “It would be an easy way out.” Notes terrorists want to be martyrs.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
248: the death penalty is "acceptable in some cases," but w/ #Tsarnaev she says it would be "the easy way out"; thinks he wants martyrdom

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 47s 48 seconds ago
“I don’t know if it’s the right punishment or not.” #Tsarnaev looking down.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
She thoughtfully thinks the death penalty is the easy way out for someone who expected to die for their cause anyway.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 11s 11 seconds ago
Older brother Tamerlan #Tsarnaev was killed in the firefight with police in Watertown that Jahar escaped.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
248 gets no questions from any lawyers & is excused after she says she has formed an opinion at this point she "can't look past." #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8s 8 seconds ago
Can she be open in mitigation arguments? “I think I’ve already formed this opinion.” She’s allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 35s 36 seconds ago
Juror 260, an older gentleman, glasses. Sits down and greets judge. He’s a graduate of MIT, degree electrical engineering. Won't affect him.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 260: 1972 MIT grad, electrical engineer. Says school affiliation won't affect his ability to serve, despite death of Sean Collier.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 260 is a 1972 graduate of MIT. He develops software for the "mortgage market" and is a science fiction buff.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22s 22 seconds ago
He blogs about Science Fiction publisher. “That’s kind of a hobby of yours, sci-fi?” “Yes.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260: blogs heavily re: science fiction; has a sister who used to be police dispatcher in CA and now teaches in juvenile correction facility

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty; unsure on punishment; says he's able to put aside his feelings and decide case based on evidence.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 56s 57 seconds ago
Says Tsarnaev is guilty, but able to stay open. Says unsure on death penalty.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260: "I am familiar with making decisions based on specific sets of evidence and ignoring the things that are unproven." #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 41s 42 seconds ago
Can be open, “I am familiar with making decisions based on specific sets of evidence, and ignoring things that r unproven…or are irrelevant"

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 32s 33 seconds ago
"…that’s part of what I do, that’s my job.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Earnest and eager to please, he says he has never been a juror but believes his work experience is applicable to the task at hand.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 24s 24 seconds ago
We have heard that often from software developers and engineers.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260: "There are crimes and times for which the death penalty is the appropriate punishment."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Govt has no ?s for 260; defense does, asking if THIS is a crime/time where death penalty is applicable?
Objection.
Sustained.
Re-ask.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 27 seconds ago
Supports death penalty for certain crimes. Ranked support 7 on scale of 10. David Bruck wants to know: This one of those crimes? Objection

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev clutches a tissue, quietly coughs into his suit jacket. That cold may be hanging tough.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Defense atty David Bruck wants 260 to say if he'd vote for death penalty for #Tsarnaev based on what he knows today; objection again.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15s 16 seconds ago
“It is not something I have spent a lot of time on,” Juror says. Would be able to hear arguments. “I would want to hear what they’ve done.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
It's a spot we've been in before; judge now trying to finesse an answer out of 260: what "types" of crimes are death penalty-worthy he asks?

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror says doesn't trust life in prison. Says over last two decades people "convicted of atrocious crimes" have found ways to get out.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260: I do not believe that a life sentence is a real sentence; we see people get out of jail on those terms all the time these days.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 17s 17 seconds ago
Juror 260 skeptical life without parole guarantees #Tsarnaev would never be released, "depending on how politically things evolve ..."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 31s 31 seconds ago
Juror speaks in deep voice. To sum, can be open, but favors death penalty when appropriate. Allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 263, an older gentleman, has a sweater and a butterfly collar.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4m 4 minutes ago
He's a retired truck driver. Not working now at all. In 60s, served in Army, in MIP.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Enter Juror 263, a middle-aged, retired truck driver and Army veteran who served in the military police.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 263 is a retired truck driver; he was an Army MP in the 60s; he took police officer's exam in Spencer years ago, never took it.

im Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
263: also took Firefighter exam but was passed over "because they were taking minorities" back in the 70s.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
His efforts to get on a police force or work as a firefighter were not rewarded. He blamed minority hiring quotas.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Took police officer’s exam in 70s, offered job in Spencer “but I passed on that.” Never got another offer. Passed firefighter’s job, no job.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 55s 56 seconds ago
Will b open: “I have no idea if he’s guilty, innocent, and I wouldn’t even bgin to think until hearing the testimony brought before court.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
As for #Tsarnaev, "I have no idea if he's guilty or innocent."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
263: has "no idea" if #Tsarnaev is guilty and "I wouldn't even begin to think without hearing the testimony" before the court, he says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Served on a criminal jury before. Knows process. Found it ‘satisfying.’ “I feel it’s my duty as a citizen to serve if I can.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
“I believe in the (dp) if the case warrants it. I’m not one to take a person’s life unless the circumstance and evidence promotes that.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 16s 16 seconds ago
"I do believe in the death penalty."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
263: I believe in the death penalty if the case warrants it. I'm not one 2 take someone's life unless circumstances & evidence promotes that

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260 told his wife when he got his summons he'd be proud to serve on this jury & this case.
She thinks "I'm an alien" b/c I keep an open mind

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 19s 20 seconds ago
He told his wife "would be proud to serve on this case and jury." His wife thinks he's an "alien" for his open mind.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 263 said his wife thinks he's "an alien." O'Toole briefly looses it.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
260: my wife thinks the defense would love to have me on the jury
Def: Why?
Govt: Objection
Def: I'd think you'd want to hear that answer...

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 16s 16 seconds ago
He was in Vietnam, 67-69, saw combat. “I was moved around an awful lot.” Tsarnaev seems to perk up, pay attention.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15s 15 seconds ago
Juror saying he saw things in Vietnam, "more than you would like to see." Wouldn't affect ability to see graphic evidence here.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Defense: During your service in Vietnam, did you see anyone killed or hurt by an explosion?
260: Far more than you'd like to see.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
Wow: This juror saw combat in Vietnam in the '60s, escorted POWs, cleared land mines ...#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev was allegedly motivated to kill Americans in part by U.S. military actions in the Middle East.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 22 seconds ago
Conrad trying to see if juror would "automatically" vote death penalty for this crime, but he's saying no and government objects.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6s 6 seconds ago
“I would consider evidence about the evidence, what took place, what led to it..death sentence is not automatic.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 31s 31 seconds ago
He's allowed to leave. "Have a good day."

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror #264: his wife studied criminal justice in school; now sells insurance; he works in service department of car dealership.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 37s 38 seconds ago
Juror 264, a young man. Has a goatee, too. Cleaned up a little better. Looks like gel in hair. Wife works insurance, he works for car dealer

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
264: hasn't talked to work yet bc he never thought he'd "get this far" in selection.
He speaks Spanish, making him more valuable to employer

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 264 is a young male. He is a service advisor at a well-known car dealership.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 53s 53 seconds ago
"I'm the guy who's got to tell you you need a brake job."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8s 9 seconds ago
Not sure if he would get paid if he served. "I never thought I would get this far."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 54s 55 seconds ago
Saying small dealership, he's one of few employees, only one to speak Spanish. Allowed to leave.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
264 is promptly excused from questioning, likely job reasons.
Up comes #267: he's also worried about serving on a long case.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 26s 27 seconds ago
We're up to Juror 267, the general manager of a lumber yard who says he's needed on the job.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50s 50 seconds ago
Juror 267, bear of a man, glasses, works general management for a lumber yard. Says serving would be a hardship for his company.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
267: is a lumber yard general mgr; He needs to be at work a lot. Wife is an elementary school principal. Friends are local and state pd

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
We're up to Juror 267, the general manager of a lumber yard who says he's needed on the job.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge asking if he can work weekends, says, "no problem."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 54s 55 seconds ago
Wife is a school principle. He has friends who are police officers. Won’t affect ability to be impartial.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
267 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty and that he should get death. Says he's unable to set his opinions aside.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"The evidence would have to be very compelling," 267 says, to get him to change his mind based on what he's seen.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 38s 39 seconds ago
Juror wrote yes, Tsarnaev is guilty, yes, should get death penalty. Couldn’t change mind.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 47s 47 seconds ago
“the evidence would have to be compelling to think otherwise of what I know, or what I’ve seen.” He's allowed to leave.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
267 was clear: evidence would need to "reverse what I've seen" so far.
Lawyers agree- he is excused from further questioning. #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
He refers to the #BostonMarathonBombing as "this situation" and says he can't get past what he's seen in the media. Gone.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev particularly alert and engaged today. Has clearly bonded strongly with his attorneys.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
After dismissal for a brief sidebar, we return to Juror 271, a woman.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 41s 41 seconds ago
Juror 271, teaches 6th grade language + arts, serving would b hardship on students in “a challenging district.” Tough to find substitutes.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 271: 6th grade language arts teacher who worries about the effect on her students; hard to find good subs she says.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
271: her husband is a special ed. high school teacher as well.
judge asks if she'll be paid during jury duty; she says she doesn't know.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
271: reads facebook everyday to find out her new and esp. what's happening in her town/mom's groups.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Her husband also teaches in Waltham, special ed. Doesn’t know if she would get paid serving.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 7s 7 seconds ago
Her husband teaches high school special education.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
271: "Unsure" about both #Tsarnaev's guilt and about his punishment.
I try not to be judgmental, she says, and I fight for students' rights.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30s 30 seconds ago
In survey, said unsure in Tsarnaev’s guilt, and unsure on penalty. “Being in education for so long, I really try not to be judgmental.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 10s 10 seconds ago
“I really believe you need to be educated and informed before you make judgments.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
She remembers hearing about this case in her car; a friend called her; she has vivid memories of that day; friends & her dad have run Boston

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15s 15 seconds ago
She remembers the event, news, her father ran Marathon years ago, but can be open: “I like to be educated.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 28 seconds ago
Says could be open. But has 2 kids, son, 7, daughter, 6. Says their age, in relation to Martin Richard, would challenge her judgment.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Family members have run previous Boston Marathons, though not in 2013. #Tsarnaev scratches his stubble with the edge on a Post It note.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
271: I have a 7 1/2 yr old son & 6 yr old daughter, so knowing a child was killed at marathon, I'd be concerned re: my biases.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 12s 12 seconds ago
Juror 271 has a son and daughter roughly the same age as #BostonMarathonBombing victim Martin Richard.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
271: took kids and husband to a Jeff Baumann book signing as a way to explain tragedy to her kids.
She is excused from more questioning.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
She has some Boston Strong merchandise. Went to a bombing survivor’s book signing, said could be teaching moment for kids as a hero story.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
With that, she's allowed to leave.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 11s 12 seconds ago
That last juror went to this book signing as a hero/moral story for her kids. Allowed to leave. http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/boo...bret-witter/hGYqZA3wlDXStsNQLXMG6M/story.html …

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 59s 60 seconds ago
Juror 274, young woman. She’s a research analyst with a firm in Weymouth. Attends shows, writes reviews, analyses data, conducts surveys.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Job is to come up with business strategies.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 274 is a research analyst for a South Shore company; business strategy development. Studies how much paper offices use.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 27s 27 seconds ago
So forward we go to Juror 274, a "nervous" research analyst. She studies things like how much paper offices use.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
274: knows some cops in the RI area through friends; thinks law enforcement reps could be "definitely telling the truth" when they testify.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
274 is unsure what penalty #Tsarnaev should face, though she thinks he is guilty.
"I don't really see how he isn't guilty," she says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17s 17 seconds ago
She has friends who are police officers. “I just feel if they are a law enforcement person they should definitely be telling the truth.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
It would be really hard not to consider how I already feel during the trial, 274 adds.
That ends her questioning.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42s 43 seconds ago
Also thinks Tsarnaev guilty. “I don’t really see how he isn’t guilty. I think it would be really hard not to consider how I already feel”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 34s 35 seconds ago
She's allowed to leave.

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 275: works in marketing and sales for a tech company that handles emergency messaging, i.e. weather emergencies on your phone.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 29 seconds ago
Juror 275, a young man, fledgling beard. He’s a business development consultant for a company that sends out emergency alerts.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52s 52 seconds ago
Juror 275, sales manager for a company that develops emergency alert systems. @bostonpolice used them during the terrorist attack.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 49s 50 seconds ago
Boston used his software for emergency alerts time of bombing. So did Watertown.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Boston Police used 275's company to "coordinate with first responders"; Watertown used his products too, to communicate with residents

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
As did @WatertownPD during the terrifying takedown of #Tsarnaev.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
275's company was put to the test, he says, during the bombing and manhunt, though he had no direct connection with ppl at the scenes.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
His office sent out 'shelter in place' notifications that week as well

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
The trial table has gone quiet. Lawyers exchange looks. Prosecutor William Weinreb shakes his head.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 28 seconds ago
Juror saying formed an opinion of guilt, Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death. And as thought about it, would be tough to put opinion aside

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 275 says yes to #Tsarnaev guilt & to the death penalty -- though he said he'd able to put those beliefs aside if called to serve.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
275 today, however, says he's more UNABLE to contain his biases, since he's been thinking more about it.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
275 is allowed to go.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5s 5 seconds ago
O'Toole lets him go. In terms of the endless personal ties to the tragedy, we may have officially heard everything now.#Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 281 is a plow truck driver for Waltham right now.
"Must be lucrative," judge quips.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 281, a young guy, sporting a hoodie. Only work right now is plowing. Student at a community college, hasn't registered this semester

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24s 24 seconds ago
"So, you'll do some plowing, and if something else comes along you'll do that?" the judge asks, again seeming like inquisitive dad.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 34s 35 seconds ago
Juror says wouldn't be hardship. Lives at home with parents.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
281 works seasonal jobs; he's a sometimes student at Middlesex Community College and lives with parents, so no hardship to serve on jury.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 57s 57 seconds ago
Juror 281 plows snow in Waltham. A wealthy kid, no doubt. He was attending Middlesex College. #Tsarnaev futilely tries to tame a cowlick.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
281 feels like #Tsarnaev is guilty, but doesn't know what his punishment should be; can stay openminded during testimony he says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 29 seconds ago
Juror says knows little about the case, could be open. But bought a Boston Strong T-shirt. “They were selling them and I bought one.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
A close friend and Marine saw combat in Afghanistan. They don't talk much about it.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
281: no "general views" on the death penalty, but tends to favor it for someone convicted of "intentional murder".

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Has no view on dp, but scaled on 8 of 10. “I’m not for or against death penalty, I could vote for it but I could vote for life in prison.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 281 is young but very mature and confident in his responses to O'Toole.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Govt has no ?s for 281; defense does.
Asks, since you live w/ your folks, what do they think of this case?
281: we don't talk about it.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
281 admits he might be more likely to find #Tsarnaev guilty if he's told the motive for the bombing was US involvement in Middle East.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
281's childhood friend is a marine who served in Afghanistan; 281 says he's loyal to friends & might be swayed by #Tsarnaev alleged motive

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
#Tsarnaev draws circles with a pen loosely dangling from his left hand, drops it.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58s 59 seconds ago
Juror 281, maybe same age as #Tsarnaev, gets a glance from the accused killer when he says the death penalty "would be the way to go."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 27 seconds ago
Bruck wants to know if there r circumstances where juror would vote against death for intentional murder, and he says few. Allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21s 21 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev sinks in his chair, flicks at his stubble, drums his fingers on the table. Another day, another vote cast for his demise.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
281 leans towards death penalty in cases like this, he suggests, and with that his questioning ends. #Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 39s 40 seconds ago
Juror 283 will be the 125th interviewed. She is a young woman of the earthy crunchy variety.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 283 is an MIT grad student doing research this semester. Writes a lot of code; she studies databases. She has upcoming deadlines.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 51s 51 seconds ago
Juror 283, does research in computer science. A grad student at MIT. Has research deadlines coming up.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
And uh-oh, she's a graduate student researching computer science at MIT, where #Tsarnaev allegedly killed campus cop Sean Collier.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 25s 26 seconds ago
She bought an MIT Strong T-shirt.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 39s 39 seconds ago
Though at MIT, no connection to Sean Collier. Bought a Boston Strong shirt, but could remain open.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
283: if i have to stop my research for 3-5 months, other researchers may make my work irrelevant, she says.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
283 knows people who knew slain MIT officer Sean Collier, but she does not think that will bias her in this case. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
283: does not have an opinion re: #Tsarnaev guilt; also unsure about what punishment he should face.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
283 generally opposes the death penalty; she would have "a difficult time" voting for it even if the facts of the case support it.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 21 seconds ago
“There’s a lot of information out that there that I haven’t seen, had access to, that I feel could weigh in, either way.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57s 58 seconds ago
Also unsure on death penalty, though generally opposed. Gave it a ranking of 3 of 10. Difficulty imposing “even if the facts support.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17s 18 seconds ago
Says generally opposed, but if ‘ordered’ by a judge to consider it under certain criteria, she could.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
On questioning from govt, juror 283 isn't sure if she'll keep getting MIT research stipend if she's picked; could be financial hardship.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50s 51 seconds ago
She gets paid by MIT for research, but doesn’t know if would continue if she serves. “That has never come up before.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 10s 11 seconds ago
She's being asked about hardship by Weinreb. He seems to not like her reluctance to death penalty.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Govt: you know Off. Collier was murdered right in front of your building?
283: yes.
Govt: do you know the spot?
283: yes

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
She works by the spot where Officer Collier was killed. "Occasionally I do go by there."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Weinreb is pushing defense buttons as he grills MIT student about her knowledge of where Officer Collier was executed.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
She was on campus when Officer Collier was murdered.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
O'Toole: "I don't think that this is going in a productive direction."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Govt: will your personal knowledge of that location cause you problems during testimony?
Def: objection
Judge: sustained

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Judge: move on. if a crime happens on main street, that doesn't mean someone familiar with main street can't be a juror.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
283: I don't feel I have the power to end someone's life. I don't feel like I *should* have that power.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
The juror won't give #Tsarnaev death. "I don't feel like I have that power. I don't feel like I should have that power."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
After lengthy questioning by Weinreb, juror saying she opposes death in general, but could hand out if needed. She's allowed to leave.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
283 is done.
Time for lunch break; back at 2pm.
#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58m 58 minutes ago
Back at 2. #Tsarnaev appears grateful for the break.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58s 58 seconds ago
Your pool reporters @Laurel_Sweet and @MiltonValencia escorted back to Courtroom 9. There are five jurors remaining today in #Tsarnaev.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
And we begin with Juror 286.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Back from break with Juror 286: she's a restaurant general manager.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44s 44 seconds ago
Juror 286 manages a restaurant and a staff of 50. #Tsarnaev does not look hungry to hear more.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Back in #Tsarnaev +constant observation: Tsarnaev free, chatty with lawyers when not in session. When judge +jurors come in he's indifferent

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 49s 49 seconds ago
Next is Juror 286, middle-aged woman, general manager of a restaurant, been with the restaurant two decades.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
She's served on a jury once, an a civil competency evaluation.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 23s 23 seconds ago
Juror 286 previously served on a civil commitment case in state court. The defendant lost.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
286 has not formed an opinion re: #Tsarnaev guilt or his punishment.
She doesn't feel she has enough facts.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 56s 56 seconds ago
Hasn’t an opinion on guilt, or on death penalty. “You’re putting it on me, and I don’t feel I knew enough of the facts to make a decision.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 26s 26 seconds ago
Judge asking if she can apply those principles here in case. "Absolutely."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
286 attended the Boston Strong concert, owns a T-shirt w/ that phrase too, says she doesn't wear it a lot anymore.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3s 4 seconds ago
She went to the One Fund concert. Bought a Boston Strong T-shirt. But she last wore it a year ago, at Disney World.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 35s 35 seconds ago
On death penalty, strongly opposed or strongly in favor, “I’m in the middle, yea.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
286 hasn't thought much about the death penalty since she hasn't had to; I don't know if that sounds selfish, she adds.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
286: someone's own actions would sentence them to death - not me. if i vote for death penalty, it's the consequence of what they did.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14s 15 seconds ago
She sees it as her not sentencing someone to death. “It’s their own actions that are determining that factor.” Compares it to firing someone

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
it's like when i fire the waitstaff at the restaurant, 286 says - i fire you because of something bad you did. it's your fault.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
Death penalty doesn't trouble her because she doesn't feel it's on her, "It's their actions."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
286 dislikes her job as a restaurant GM; doesn't like the responsibility & was guilted into job; says she's playing lottery more & more now

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 286 unhappy in her work. Doesn't like being in a leadership role or being responsible for others. Not foreman material.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke saying, you’re a manager, can you work with others? She says yes. “I don’t like being the center of attention.” Says forced into job

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 33s 33 seconds ago
She lives in Boston, but restaurant is 20 miles outside of city. Was working as waitress time of bombings.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
286 contends she's never had any real conversations about the marathon bombings since they happened.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 59s 59 seconds ago
“I remember talking to my kids about it, explaining to them what was happening.” More concerned bout incident at UMass, where brother works

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 27 seconds ago
“I don’t go to the Marathon, I don’t live in downtown Boston, I wasn’t affected by it.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 49s 49 seconds ago
Clarke asking if serving would be a hardship, but she doesn’t believe so. She’s allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 27s 27 seconds ago
Juror 288, young woman, wearing cardigan sweater. She’s working two jobs, as a supermarket deli clerk, and as a massage therapist.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3s 3 seconds ago
.., which brings us to Juror 288. Another young woman. She's a massage therapist AND deli clerk at #MarketBasket!

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 288: part-time Market Basket deli clerk & part-time massage therapist.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
288 lives with her mom; doesn't foresee big financial hit if called to serve.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
She lives with mom and doesn’t pay rent, though would have difficulty with other bills.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
288: she now says just being called for questioning has been a financial hardship. she's all over the map.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
"Here's what we don't want, we don't want you to get six weeks into the case and say I have to go," Judge says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21s 21 seconds ago
Juror saying she'd know better when trial in set schedule. She's had to call in 3 days this week because of storm.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev is sitting so far back in his chair, slouching, that most jurors can barely see he's there - maybe catch a glance of him at most.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
288 is not sure re: #Tsarnaev guilt; saw little news of it; she was in VA at the time.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
She was living in Virginia at the time of the April 15, 2013, bombings and "didn't have cable."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
Her brother was at the @RedSox game that day.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
Brother at Red Sox game time of bombing. “How do you know that?” “Because he told me, because he’s my brother.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4m 4 minutes ago
“I just feel like when people serve a sentence in jail, they have to deal with what they did. And the death penalty is getting out of it."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
"they have to sit there and think of it," she says, saying death, "Isn't severe enough."

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
In general, 288 doesn't agree with the death penalty. A life sentence forces people to think about what they did, she says.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"The whole thing makes me nervous," 288 says when asked to focus her death penalty thoughts. No one wants to put someone to death, she says.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
"Honestly, like the whole thing makes me nervous. No one wants to be the person to put someone to death." #Tsarnaev throws back cup of water

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 45s 46 seconds ago
“I feel that serving life in prison is harder, because you have to deal with what you did.” ---Remember this? >>>>> http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...E2toBdVs5vD7Ukf1CcHL/story.html?event=event25 …

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 288 is another one who sounds like she's trying to say what she thinks they want to hear.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 43s 43 seconds ago
Juror is allowed to leave, after a lot of "I'm not sure." Next is 292.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 39s 40 seconds ago
Clerk opens door and sets off alarm, always awkward in Tsarnaev proceedings. Marshal calls downstairs to say all is OK.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 57s 58 seconds ago
False alarm sounds in Courtroom 9. Stand down!#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 292 is called, but as employee of Plymouth Sheriff's office, he may be exempt from jury service. Judge is checking.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 292 is a correction officer in Plymouth County. Is he exempt from jury duty? #Tsarnaev defense thinks so.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
judge says, well, as long as he's here we can ask him some questions...and if he's exempt from service, we'll figure that out later.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Plymouth has held many high-profile federal prisoners such as serial killer James "Whitey" Bulger, but not #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 292 a correctional officer, and judge/parties unclear if he’s exempt as a public safety officer. Will ask questions till research law.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
He's been a correctional officer for 10 years.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40s 40 seconds ago
This is a correctional officer who oversaw/guarded Matanov, one of Tsarnaev's friends. Says no incidents (Tsarnaev no visible reaction)

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44s 44 seconds ago
Matanov had claimed issues at jail, if you recall>>>>Matanov, friend of Tsarnaev, gets new lawyer http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...AG9gG0fRoyrnS5MEhsfJ/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
292: corrections officer inside Plymouth Co. house of corrections; he called #Tsarnaev the co-defendant of Matanov.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
292 was one of the corrections officers where #Tsarnaev friend Matanov was held for a time; they had some contact.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
The juror briefly watched over Matanov, the #Tsarnaev pal who took him and his brother Tamerlan to dinner the night of the bombings.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44s 45 seconds ago
After work the CO coaches high school basketball.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
292 is also a high school basketball coach 6 days a week; hard to miss that and his day job as well, he says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror is also a high school basketball coaching, assistant varsity and jv coach. Saying serving would spoil job, would be financial hardship

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"not thrilled" to have been called. doesn't like missing work, missing practice, "sitting in that room", having everyone "staring at me"

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
292 thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty but he doesn't have an opinion re: punishment.
He thinks 9 out of 10 ppl called as jurors think T is guilty.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
"This isn't the most comfortable situation with everyone staring at me," he says to laughter.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror saying, "This isn't the most comfortable situation, everyone staring at me." And #Tsarnaev does take a glimpse there.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror saying Tsarnaev guilty, unable to put aside views

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
“The media was all over this case. Everyone who comes in here, maybe 9 out of 10, has strong opinion of what happened, their views on this.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 56s 56 seconds ago
Juror maintaining, "I don't think I could" put views aside. He's allowed to leave.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
292 says he will stick with his gut instinct on this one, that #Tsarnaev is guilty.
Defense speaks up, says we're all set.
Judge agrees.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44s 44 seconds ago
Does a prison guard who oversees pre-trial defendants seem an odd choice? Looks like defense just got him booted.#Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror #296: retired software engineer; thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty; unsure re: penalty; feels "able" to set aside opinions if called to serve

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror 296 is an older man with fabulous Richard Gere hair who works in software quality control in the biotech field.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 55s 55 seconds ago
Juror 296, an older Asian man. Was a software engineer, in biotech field.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Saying has a determination on case, but logic says new evidence would change determination. Can stay open.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"The evidence has to stand on its own merits," 296 offers.
He can focus only on what he hears at trial, he adds. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
296: I had to check off yes (on questionnaire) because of all I've seen. There's an overwhelming amount of evidence he's guilty, he adds.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror saying had to check off yes, “because I do believe he’s guilty,” but “there’s a possibility he’s innocent.” Likely zero.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 37s 38 seconds ago
That said, “I cannot firmly state I’m in favor of the death penalty…I have a number of arguments with the death penalty."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18s 19 seconds ago
It's not about this case, he said, "…my arguments would be with capital punishment as an institution.”

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
When given the chance to opine, 296 sounds less and less like someone who's open to new arguments.
Re: death penalty, he's firmly against it

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 45s 45 seconds ago
Juror 296 is the first of the 129 interviewed so far to actually address #Tsarnaev by name: "Mr. #Tsarnaev."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40s 41 seconds ago
Tsarnaev sinks into chair to left, lifts self back up, leans over to right and sinks back down again.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 36s 37 seconds ago
Flaw with penalty: Subjectivity. Some people can hand out, while others can’t. “I don’t think I can hand out the death penalty in this case”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 16s 17 seconds ago
He believes the death penalty should be reserved for presidential assassinations. "I don't think I could impose it in this case."#Tsarnae

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 23s 24 seconds ago
"I could not vote to impose, under any circumstances." He's allowed to leave

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 15s 16 seconds ago
He and his hair are sent packing.#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
296's staunch opposition to the death penalty ends his questioning.
That's it for the day.
Back at 9a tomorrow.
#Tsarnaev
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Boston bombing: Court finalizing jury selection for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial

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Appeals court: Tsarnaev prosecutors must respond to change of venue motion

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