Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
We're back in Tsarnaev, with Juror 453, young man with glasses and a striped preppy sweater. He's an asst professor political science.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He focuses on immigration, Latin American studies. Just finished book on when migrants send money back home.

Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 453 getting choked up when talking about his cousin who was killed in Iraq. Joined military b/c couldn’t pay for college. #tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
His cousin, an Army medic, was killed in Iraq. He gets choked up, “We were really close.” Didn’t want him to join. “Wasted life.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
“He was in a humvee, in Iraq, and there was an explosive around the road. The rebels or whatever, put something on the side.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He gets choked up speaking of cousin. He didn't want him to join. But cousin, younger, thought it would help pay for college.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He’s spoken on a Hawaiin talk show about Obam’s removal of troops from Iraq.

Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 453 says wife works for organization working to abolish death penalty #tsarnaev

Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 453 teaches immigration policy. He’s from Mexico, opposes the death penalty. #tsarnaev

Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 453 says even though he believes #tsarnaev is guilty, doesn’t think he should be executed.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He believes Tsarnaev is guilty, doesn’t know if can put opinion aside. He’s not from Boston, doesn’t know much about the Marathon.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He’s read about it though in Slate, in @BostonGlobe. “At least from what I’ve read, he’s guilty, or had been a part of it.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Can put aside? “I think it would b difficult. I can’t say I couldn’t, but would b very difficult for me to get rid of impressions like that"

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He’s against death penalty though, thinks it should be abolished. “There’s always a possibility people are innocent and could be killed.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He's one of few, if not first, to say #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Could imagine something “so horrendous,” would vote death, like for Hitler, genocide. Newtown example people would want. But tough for him

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror also saying he understands Tsarnaev’s background in Russia, terrorism there, concerns with Putin. Familiar with it.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
“I was interested also because they are immigrants, and whites, or perceived as whites.” Was interested in how media would portray them.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
On last point, Juror saying wanted to contrast media depiction of, say, Mexican immigrants as criminals. Mexico, he notes, does not have dp.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Al Chakravarty asking a lot about juror's expertise in immigration/asylum issues.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Al also asking about classes this semester. "We're a little behind, just like you are, because of the snow."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Lots of foreign affairs talk between Al and juror, whose book is about immigrants changing their homeland's economies.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
"That was my thesis in undergrad," Al says, congratulating juror for "being scholarly."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror saying couldn't say yes to being open to death. "The thing is I think he's guilty."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Al was trying really heard to delve into juror, but defense agrees to exclude him.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 454, an older man. He’s disabled. Recently underwent back problems. Had worked in construction.

Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg · 56m 56 minutes ago
Juror 464 has friends in Arlington PD, friends in combat in Iraq/Afghanistan.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror speaking slow, muffled voice. Disabled construction worker. Says Tsarnaev guilty, but could be open. Supports death penalty.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 464, a young man, account manager for a tech company, Internet security company. “Hardware?” “And software, yes.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Had a couple friends served in Iraq, Afghanistan, both in combat. Also, “best friend” an Arlington police officer. Responded to Watertown

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Other friends with Arlington PD too. They weren't 't involved in shootout, responded next day to be stationed at different areas.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57m 57 minutes ago
Saying unable to put opinions aside. “Just from what Ive heard, and seen before being called as a juror, I think it would be pretty hard.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror had difficulty speaking, communicating with lawyers and judge. After a sidebar, he's allowed to leave.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57m 57 minutes ago
He's allowed to leave, and that's it for day. Lawyers give #Tsarnaev a little chat before he's escorted out.

Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg · 57m 57 minutes ago
Juror 464 dismissed after says he can’t look past opinions that #tsarnaev is guilty. That’s all for today. 10 more jurors questioned.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57m 57 minutes ago
That makes 193 jurors over 15 days of voir dire.
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The Charges Against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Explained in Plain English

"...He may stand trial for murder afterward, though. Middlesex County prosecutors have filed murder charges against Tsarnaev and have said that they intend to bring him to state court after his federal trial..."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...ain-english/CkoC7HiL8NPLAoiXdsm5aP/story.html

 

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Boston Bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Makes New Push to Move Case

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...har-tsarnaev-makes-new-push-move-case-n305961
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial: Juror says death penalty 'punishing the crime with another crime'

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/02/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_trial_juror.html
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Traces Of Sympathy Seen For Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

http://www.wbur.org/2015/02/13/traces-of-sympathy-seen-for-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev defense team asks appellate court to unseal details of jury selection including how many jurors have been qualified to serve,

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 10m 10 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev defense team is now asking the appellate court for en banc hearing on both the change of venue and attempt to stop jury selection.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 9m 9 minutes ago
That means they want all 10 appellate justices in on the hearing, not just a panel of three as planned.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
The #Tsarnaev team says it's possible jury selection could even wrap up before Thursday's hearing.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
The lawyers argue putting a stop to the process "would promote public confidence in the fairness of the trial proceedings ..."#Tsarnaev
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Laurel J. Sweet retweeted
Bob McGovern @BobMcGovernJr · 8h 8 hours ago
Full Court Press: Don’t move #Tsarnaev trial... move jury https://www.bostonherald.com/node/1064751106 via @bostonherald

 

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The 13th Juror: Is this a trial or a remake of 'Groundhog Day'?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/us/ts...eed&utm_campaign=Feed:+rss/cnn_us+(RSS:+U.S.)
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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · Feb 13
UPDATE: Judge O'Toole says 54 jurors have been provisionally declared suitable. He needs 70

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · Feb 13
We still don't know which ones they are, though, and he denied a @BostonGlobe request for the info. Says will announce when all 70 chosen.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · Feb 13
#Tsarnaev judge says 54 jurors have been "provisionally qualified" for 3rd phase of jury selection. 70 needed to move on to challenges @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · Feb 13
Important to note NO jurors have been seated in #Tsarnaev - that won't happen until each side uses peremptory challenges in phase 3 @NECN

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · Feb 14
Federal appeals court has refused to unseal sensitive juror info in #Tsarnaev; tosses ball to trial Judge O'Toole to make the call.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · Feb 14
Appellate justices urge O'Toole to "act promptly."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · Feb 14
O'Toole has not responded, however he reveals 54 jurors are qualified to serve on #Tsarnaev jury toward his goal of 70 as of yesterday.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · Feb 14
Appeals court says no to #Tsarnaev request for hearing before all 10 judges.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 18h 18 hours ago
Feds urge Judge O'Toole to keep revealing #Tsarnaev juror information under seal.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 18h 18 hours ago
They argue the accused terrorist just wants to "complain that the intense media scrutiny is depriving him of due process."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Feb 13
FYI the judge only told us that in response to multiple media outlets filing formal complaints re: lack of media access to proceedings

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Court officials backing off on predictions for #Tsarnaev trial start; now only saying jury selection "will be completed in the near future".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
.@HelenCarpenter4 nope - it's a holiday. back tomorrow

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Old articles:

What We’ve Learned About Dzhokhar Tsarnaev From the Trial of his Friend, Azamat Tazhayakov

http://www.newsweek.com/what-weve-l...azamat-tazhayakov-260290#.VOKcy7BHkss.twitter
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's injuries: When and how were they caused?

http://thebostonmarathonbombings.weebly.com/dzhokhar-tsarnaevs-injuries-how-were-they-caused.html

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
We're a bit behind for day, but pool reporters @Laurel_Sweet and myself finally allowed into courtroom for #Tsarnaev proceedings.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Court officials report start of Day 19 10 minutes away in #Tsarnaev. Horrendous commutes dominating everyone's exasperated discussions.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
This Day 16 of Voir Dire, Judge has interviewed 193 prospective jurors, has deemed 54 qualified. Wants to get 70 for final pool. #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 41m 41 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev hungrily engrossed in whatever he can catch online as lawyers work their laptops.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40m 40 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev flanked by Miriam Conrad and Judy Clarke, seems chatty. Got me thinking of this great piece by @swhelman http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine...able-crimes/voOv6Kay9rCI1a8leGPkVP/story.html …

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 36m 36 minutes ago
Even defense team bemoaning @MBTA miseries, but #Tsarnaev seems in high spirits.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 36m 36 minutes ago
Jurors for the day have been brought in, there are 13, seven men and six women.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 34m 34 minutes ago
We are down to 13 jurors today - 7 men, 6 women. Some stop and gawk at #Tsarnaev as they enter.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 32m 32 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev wears a dark gray jacket over a black sweater with the collar flipped up.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 30m 30 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev studies a binder on today's proceedings while Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. talks about possibly sentencing him to death.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 23m 23 minutes ago
Defense attorney David I. Bruck asks O'Toole to probe deeper when a juror admits exposure to #a Tsarnaev publicity.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 21m 21 minutes ago
Before we start, David Bruck pitching to judge to reframe questions to judge, mostly on pre-trial publicity.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 19m 19 minutes ago
Bruck challenges Question 95 of 27-page questionnaire, asking jurors if they could impose death on #Tsarnaev if "appropriate."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18m 18 minutes ago
Notably absent: William Weinreb and Steve Mellin, who've been doing brunt of questions for government. Could be on appeals briefs due today

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 18m 18 minutes ago
Bruck calls it a "useless inquiry" prosecutors are relying too heavily on.#Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 446 brought in, an older woman, white hair. She’s retired, previously worked in a retail store.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror believes Tsarnaev is guilty, but not sure of what: “I feel there are shades of guilt and I didn’t know how to address that.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror says opposed to dp but could change. “I don’t think anyone who serves as juror is going to be the same person at the end of the trial”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She takes deep breath. Opposed to death penalty in general, but, “I really don’t know how I’m going to feel after all this.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 58m 58 minutes ago
Juror takes breathe again. “I’m really wrestling with this question, it’s difficult.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 54m 54 minutes ago
Juror telling prosecutor doesn’t know about case. “I have one picture in my head, of a surveillance camera. And that’s all I know.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 53m 53 minutes ago
Woman is so nervous/stressed, she’s nervously laughing at how pressured she is.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 50m 50 minutes ago
On death penalty, “That wouldn’t be my tendency….you’d have to convince me.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 49m 49 minutes ago
Juror allowed to leave, after nervously responding that she could be open, could hand out death, but only if convinced.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 45m 45 minutes ago
Juror 446, our first today, is a retired retail store worker. Her questionnaire answers are a hodgepodge of contradictions.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Though generally opposed to capital punishment, she "wants to leave the door open just a crack."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
"There's going to be four months of listening to some pretty horrible things." No juror "will be the same person" when it's over.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58m 58 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is like a young man reading a book on a long train trip, oblivious to the scenery outside his window.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 57m 57 minutes ago
This poor woman is trying so hard to rise above her stress. "No pressure," she says, bursting out laughing.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 54m 54 minutes ago
"The guilty and the not guilty - I don't think it's across the board, Of what, and how much, in what way?"#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50m 50 minutes ago
Juror 446 is "having trouble wrapping my brain around" how gut-wrenching the testimony and evidence will be.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 49m 49 minutes ago
While she thinks about that, we move on to Juror 471, a younger woman than the last. She manages a restsurant.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 46m 46 minutes ago
Juror 471, a younger woman. She’s a general manager of a restaurant.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44m 44 minutes ago
She checked boxes saying Tsarnaev is guilty, deserves death penalty. Works in Watertown. People would come into restaurant, crying.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 41m 41 minutes ago
Her restaurant was situated smack dab in the middle of world media during the April 19, 2013, manhunt for #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 43m 43 minutes ago
Her restaurant was in same parking lot where the media trucks set up in Watertown.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 41m 41 minutes ago
Juror saying she’d support death penalty cuz there’s always a chance Tsarnaev could get out. She’s allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 41m 41 minutes ago
It appears trial teams have signaled O'Toole to release her.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 39m 39 minutes ago
Next up, Juror 478, a diminutive older man retired from auto body work.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40m 40 minutes ago
Juror 478, an older man, gray hair, balding. He’s retired, self-employed auto body detailer.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 37m 37 minutes ago
Juror said unsure whether Tsarnaev is guilty, deserves death penalty. “Before I came court I wasn’t sure what was going on, so I was unsure”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 36m 36 minutes ago
Juror 478 complains "there was a little too much on the news" about "Mr. #Tsarnaev " in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 35m 35 minutes ago
Think this juror, Number 478, was only second to identify #Tsarnaev by name.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 35m 35 minutes ago
He has no view on the death penalty.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 28m 28 minutes ago
Prosecutor Aloke Chakravarty asking juror why he left some questions blank. Long silences, rambling responses.#Tsarnaev in full fidget mode.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24m 24 minutes ago
Juror seemed a little confused by questions, he’s allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 24m 24 minutes ago
Lawyers send him out and welcome Juror 480, a big beefy man with a voice so deep it sounds computerized.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24m 24 minutes ago
Juror 480. He’s the first to say he’s talked about the case since first submitted questionnaire. Said worry of schedule, been stressful.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 22m 22 minutes ago
Juror 480 is a telecommunications engineer who works at several major Boston hospitals, including Mass General.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21m 21 minutes ago
He is hearing impaired but prefers to get by rather than wear an aid.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24m 24 minutes ago
He’s a telecommunications engineer for Partners, works at Mass General. Doesn’t have patient interaction.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 19m 19 minutes ago
Juror saying he’s unsure on #Tsarnaev guilt. “I don’t know who’s involved or not, I’m not there. I’d need to see all the evidence.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 20m 20 minutes ago
Juror 480 was at Mass General when victims of the #BostonMarathonBombing began flooding in.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 9m 9 minutes ago
Juror 480, at Mass General day of bombings. Says wasn’t involved, but, “You could feel a buzz that something had happened.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 8m 8 minutes ago
Though he had no direct exposure to the victims at MG, juror says, "You could feel something in the air. You could feel a buzz."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14m 14 minutes ago
Juror 480, says he is open to death penalty, but life in prison could be just as bad. Could go either way.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 13m 13 minutes ago
He is pro death penalty but could be persuaded to give #Tsarnaev life imprisonment.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
Juror, in gruff voice, "I'm still going back and forth" over whether life in prison or death are worse. He's allowed to leave. #Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
Prosecutor Steve Melllin joins the table.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
Juror 481, young woman, says "I’ve had to tell people not to talk to me.” Works with lawyers. “They’re trouble,” judge jokes.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
She’s actually a lawyer herself, a hearing officer with state Dept. of Labor Relations.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
Unsure on guilt. “I don’t know if it’s because of my job, or legal background, but I don’t like to keep a complete, uninformed opinion.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4m 4 minutes ago
Her fiance was running Marathon at time of bombings, though they were broken up at the time.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
“He told me he was freaked out about it…Just kinda upset, shocked…felt that if he was closer…..” Was 10 minutes away.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
She's saying they don't talk about it much, because it was at a time they were broken up, but she chatted with him that next day.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev quenches his thirst as Juror 481 sits down. An attorney, she is a hearing officer for labor disputes before Dept. Labor Relations.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Her fiancé ran the Boston Marathon in 2013 and finished 10 minutes ahead of the blasts.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
"He had a hard time. He told me he was really freaked out afterward, just upset, just kind of shocked."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Shealso went to college with an FBI agent on witness list, though hasn’t spoken to him, didn’t know was agent till saw on Bulger documentary

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
“From my memory of him, he was a good honest guy.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37s 38 seconds ago
She also went to college with an FBI agent on the witness list. Saw him on @60Minutes special about Whitey #Bulger.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 23s 23 seconds ago
She’s opposed to death penalty, “even if the facts support it.” Recognizes could be appropriate punishment at times. But she couldn’t.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4s 4 seconds ago
“I can’t imagine sitting in a room for four months and then deicing to send them to death.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 7s 8 seconds ago
She may bond with #Tsarnaev . "I can't see myself sitting in a room with someone for four months and then sentencing him to death."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 14s 14 seconds ago
"I don't think I could be the one to make that decision. It would be something I couldn't get over for the rest of my life."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5s 5 seconds ago
Juror 481 maintaining she couldn’t vote for death. She’s allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 15m 15 minutes ago
Juror 482, our next lady juror in waiting, has long dark curls like #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 12m 12 minutes ago
Juror 482,. Said family and friends were “in the middle of thing” in Watertown. Friends lived near shootout, had bullets enter room

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 13m 13 minutes ago
She has family and friends in Watertown whose homes were riddled with cop bullets meant for #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14m 14 minutes ago
Juror knows cops, too. Would try to put that aside, but, "it would be a little difficult." She's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 13m 13 minutes ago
And she's outta here ... #Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 12m 12 minutes ago
Juror 487, another woman, is our 200th prospective juror interview. She's waited so long she took a trip.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 11m 11 minutes ago
Juror 487, a woman. Was able to take vacation after survey, b 4 today. "That's one of few advantages of a drawn out process," judge says.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 11m 11 minutes ago
"That's one advantage of this long, drawn out process," O'Toole jokes with the mother of four.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 10m 10 minutes ago
Juror thinks from media reports #Tsarnaev guilty but “I understand you’re not guilty until you’re proven guilty.” Would be open to evidence.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
On death penalty, “I don’t have an opinion either way.” Thinks death worse, though: “Life in prison is a horrible life, but it’s a life.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
She's raising her kids on her own. "I'm their only parent," she sternly stresses.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
The juror works for a school system in the Cape, her four kids attended. They didn’t have any type of Boston Strong events, she tells Miriam

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Her ex-husband's cousin ran the 2013 #bostonmarathon. She was vacationing in Texas with the kids.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror has son near Martin Richard’s age: “I think that’s going to be the hardest part for me.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev attorney Miriam Conrad asks Juror 487 if she can handle hearing the details of 8-year-old Martin Richard's bombing death.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
"I would think that's going to be the hardest part," the juror replies.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
#Tssarnaev rocks his chair.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 12s 12 seconds ago
She bought a Boston Strong T-shirt for her nephew, a cross country runner who used to live in city. She called it “a Boston thing.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 8m 8 minutes ago
Juror 487 concerned about the "gruesomeness" of the evidence against #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
She ends with, "Mr. #Tsarnaev was a child, also, during this."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
Lunch break until 2 with six more jurors to hear from. Four members of #Tsarnaev security team huddling outside holding room door.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
Juror was allowed to leave, and that's 7 so far today, for total of 200. Judge taking lunch break.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
We're back with Juror 489, a Volkswagen technician. He gets paid per repair, but the dealership may try and help him. Good people! #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
We are back in #Tsarnaev, with Juror 489, a young guy. He's from Fall River!!! Works for a VW dealership.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror saying unsure on guilt, “I don’t know the facts of the case, other than what you see on the news.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 489 says he was once a "dumb kid" too. He wants to hear facts before he passes judgment on #Tsarnaev.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
The repairman could put #Tsarnaev to death. "I don't think there's any use or good to leaving him in prison if he's found guilty

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev folding into afternoon sleepy time slump.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
On death, scaled support at 7. “It’s part of society, part of law…a punishment should fit the crime, + the crime should fit the punishment."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge explaining the sentencing phase to juror, who was saying he'd hand out death penalty with a guilty finding.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror saying back in Fall River, they’re not talking about the case. “I work at a dealership…we’re usually talking about cars, Volkswagens.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Capital punishment "is part of the way our society works. If it needs to be used, it needs to be used."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
"If you're found guilty of terrorism or intentional killing or chaos ..."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
What kind of cases for death penalty? “Terrorism…if you’re intentionally killing people, to cause chaos, then yea.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev stares forward, plays with goatee.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror was pretty insistent that, if crime is that bad, he'd hand out death penalty. He's allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 490 manages a Macy's department store. His suit and tie is a rare sight indeed in the juror chair.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 490, wearing suit and tie, best dressed juror to come in. Manages a department store.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
His son's math teacher in 2013 suffered head and facial injuries in the #BostonMarathonBombing.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Son’s math teacher was injured in bombs. “I know he was in the hospital for a couple of days.” Catholic School sent email asking for prayers

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Also donated significantly to One Fund, can put views aside: “I consider myself a person of integrity, and honesty. Facts are facts.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 490 made what Judge O'Toole noted was a "significant" donation to @OneFundBoston.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Tsarnaev guilty, but able to put presumption aside. “From all the media I saw…he was guilty…But then again I haven’t seen all the evidence.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror saying he’d be open to sentencing phase, but would lean toward death penalty with a conviction. Parties agree to let him go.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 499, middle aged guy, has his hair gelled back, like a greaser. Works for state Division of Insurance. Monitors financial reports.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Now we meet Juror 499, a state worker who reviews quarterly insurance company reports for solvency.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
There was a brief sidebar, and then after that Juror saying he thinks Tsarnaev is guilty. He's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
After sidebar, that juror is swiftly dismissed. Sounded like he said, "This whole trial doesn't make any sense."#Tsarnaevl