Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 503 ran a hospital command center in southeastern Massachusetts that prepared to take victims.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 503, works in Dartmouth area. Runs command center at a hospital, and was asked by law to be on standby during UMass dorm search.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“There was some concern with substances they might find,” he said. Said case would reinforce perception of case/Tsarnaev. Allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Specifically, victims that might arise from post-bombing raids on #Tsarnaev dorm room at UMASS Dartmouth and the apartment in New Bedford.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
"There were concerns that there may be explosives or other substances,"#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
He is let go when he admits he was "tainted" by the experience.#Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Next juror was questioned in sidebar quickly, and he/she is already gone.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 505 is a retail sales associate with a son graduating high school in May. She wants to be a mother, not a juror.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 505, middle aged woman. She’s a sales associate at a retail store.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror is claiming financial hardship. Also, has a child about to graduate high school, doesn't want to miss final days. Allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
The trial teams agree to release her, and us. That brings our total jurors interviewed to 205 over 19 days.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev saunters out slowly, hands in pockets, fixated on the courtroom carpet.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
End of day. Counting the juror who was seen in sidebar, there have been 206 prospective jurors, over 16 days.
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[YESorNO]

I've been wondering what Mr. Tsarnaev is thinking as he is listening to some of the propective jurors when they say that they hold life so dear that they couldn't possible render the DP, no matter

what the circumstance.

Does he think they are stupid, weak people, and/or misguided in some way?

If he indeed did what the prosecutor will be stating, he must not think that anyone's life is important in the whole scheme of things, IMO.

But maybe now that his life is in question, is he grateful for those people opposed to the DP (not that's going to help him, as there will be people on the jury who are not opposed to the DP);

he wants mercy for the killings for himself, when no mercy was shown to those killed, maimed, and psychologically hurt, if he is guilty?

Just some thoughts at this point in the trial.

 

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Judge in Boston bombing case says he is close to forming a jury pool

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...-case-says-he-is-close-to-forming-a-jury-pool
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Why Teens Become Terrorists and What Schools Can Do

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-...697476.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education
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[jojo87]

Wow great work here YesorNo. Thank you button isn't enough. I've never followed a trial this early on before but I've been following this one since the terrible event and I'm finding jury selection incredibly interesting.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4h 4 hours ago
Day 20 of #Tsarnaev jury selection coming up.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Pool reporters @Laurel_Sweet and @MiltonValencia informed 16 jurors are coming out from an even larger group already pared down.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Pool reporters @Laurel_Sweet and me allowed in courtroom for #Tsarnaev hearing, waiting on judge/jurors. Told we have 16 jurors after cuts.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Lawyers at desk, #Tsarnaev back to wool sports coat, peering over documents.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is reading something and laughing. I'm thinking it's not today's @HowieCarrShow column @bostonherald.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Today's courtroom-proper #Tsarnaev ensemble is a light striped dress shirt, tan pants and a brown wool sport coat

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
The head table guest plays a solitary game of one potato, two potato, then twirls a pen.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
The jury is in and the makeup is 10 men, 6 women.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
The trial teams are sans prosecutor William Weinreb. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is quite open, chatty with lawyers before proceedings begin. It's when judge/jurors come in that he sinks into chair.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
The jurors are here for #Tsarnaev, we have 10 men and six women. Judge giving instructions.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Mannerisms of #Tsarnaev. When he stands for judge, throws hands in pants pockets. Shrugs shoulders back.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Before today we’ve had 206 jurors over 16 days. Judge on Friday said had provisionally qualified 54, not sure how many yesterday.
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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
It appears Juror 540 may have been disqualified already.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
The 207th juror to be interviewed is Juror 507, an almost child-sized man with brown skin.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 507, a shorter, brown-skin man. Looks younger than #Tsarnaev. He’s out of work, looking. Sister helps him.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 507 is unemployed, but getting by pitching in at his sister's barbershop.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
He struggles to answer O'Toole's first question. O'Toole's eyes do a quick scan of the lawyers' faces.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He checked unsure as to whether #Tsarnaev is guilty, deserves death penalty.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He’s served on a state jury, before, in March 2014. “Innocent until proven guilty.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
His friend, “his wife was running the Marathon, and he was there…all he said was he heard big band, and was scared.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
First juror, first #BostonMarathonBombing connection. His close friend's wife ran in 2013.#Taarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror: "All he told me was he heard a Big Bang and got scared and started looking for her."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror says he could be persuaded to impose life or death if #Tsarnaev is convicted.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
He plays in a pool league with this friend, told him about week after bombings. Known for 9 years.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
On death penalty, he has no views, though he scaled his support at a 7.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror was mixed on answers. Parties both say they are "satisfied," and juror allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Attorneys indicate they want him dismissed.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 508 is a woman and a program administrator for a defense contractor in Cambridge who will only pay her for three days.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2h 2 hours ago
Juror 508, middle-aged woman, a program administrator for a defense contractor in Cambridge, an engineering firm.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Toole gives her a mercy pass. Pool reporters removed for sidebar at request of #Tsarnaev team - subject unknown.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
There was a sidebar for a juror before coming in, that we never heard. Not sure if he/she will come in.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
FYI, we're not always told the "cause" that gets a juror the boot. The teams agree through eye contact to move along.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
But now up is Juror 512, a woman who works as a materials manager for a company that builds computers.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Next is Juror 512, middle-aged woman, a materials manager for a computer integrated system. “We build computers.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror’s sister-in-law a Lt in Baltimore, BPD, her brother-in-law (her husband) a sergeant. Says no affect on her views.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Her prior jury service, including being foreperson on a civil case in Salem, suggests she's from Essex County.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
She also served on a drunken driving case in Newburyport.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
She once considered buying a #BostonStrong T-shirt on a trip into town with her husband.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
She’s served on jurors, a DUI case in Newburyport, and a civil fraud case in Salem about 10 years ago. She was foreperson.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Saying #Tsarnaev guilty, can put views aside. ‘I’m a big advocate for ..gathering data and looking at all evidence .. to make a decision.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 512 is a self-described "data" buff and would rely on "data" to decide whether to impose death on #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
On death penalty, she’s saying she can hand out death penalty if warranted. Scaled her belief a 9 of 10 in support.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror saying she can consider a sentence of life in prison, too. “I would consider the evidence.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror saying concerned won’t get paid if served, would lose health insurance. Defense wants this to end here, but judge exploring.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Her company is struggling and, like the juror before, will likely only get three days' pay if she's chosen.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Government wasn't ready to let her go, but judge does. She was new to position, she said.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Miriam Conrad was looking at government like, "are you kidding me." Her surprise was evident.

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

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Here comes Juror 517, a serious looking young man and stock analyst.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
The Dow is down.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror 517, comes in wool sports coat, plaid scarf, black framed glasses. He’s in quantitative research analyst. Tells people stock analyst.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror told boss has commitment to work, even if serves, but, “I wanted to make sure they were good corporate citizens...I was told they are”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“Hopefully I can take that to the bank,” he says to laughs. Juror recognizes everyone has hardship, would work at nights, Fridays.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Question is, will HE get paid? Juror 517: "I'm told they're good corporate citizens. Hopefully, I can take that to the bank."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
On case, “I think it’s fair to say I haven’t formed an opinion. I’m familiar with the events as they occurred, but I haven’t followed case.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror lives in Hopkinton, but has a place in town on Beacon Hill.#niceworkifyoucangetit #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror lives near Hopkinton, Marathon “a sense of town pride,” but he only went to openings once, 5 yrs ago. He also stays in Beacon Hill.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
On death penalty, he’d consider it, but “it’s a serious topic.” Scaled his support at 3 of 10, but, “these things are hard to scale.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1h 1 hour ago
“In an ideal world, we don’t have the death penalty in my opinion,” Juror says. But recognizes govt’s right to seek death. Would follow law.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
On capital punishment: "In an ideal world, we don't have the death penalty in my opinion."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
AUSA Chakravarty asks if he'll be thinking about his @BlackBerry when he's in the jury box.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Juror, with nervous laugh, "That's a great question."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 57m 57 minutes ago
Juror 517 admits to being "mildly squeamish" when asked if he can emotionally handle graphic evidence.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52m 52 minutes ago
Has a child, could get to emotions, but says learned to put emotions aside. “Is that going to impact my duty to analyze the data itself? No”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 53m 53 minutes ago
Pool reporters removed for sidebar. Side note: #Tsarnaev highly agitated, gloomy today.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 49m 49 minutes ago
We're back. Chakravarty asks juror if he has the "fortitude" to have #Tsarnaev killed. Does not get a direct answer.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52m 52 minutes ago
We left for a brief sidebar. Prosecutors now asking, forget theory: Could you actually vote for death? "Yes, I can."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 51m 51 minutes ago
Juror saying, he’s assuming there’s a framework for jurors to follow to come to that conclusion, if they do. Judge tells him, “Yes.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 51m 51 minutes ago
Defense has no questions for him, he’s allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 46m 46 minutes ago
Pool sent out again. When we return, we meet Juror 520, a young looking grandmother refreshed from a recent vacation.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 46m 46 minutes ago
Juror 520, her only concern about serving was a vacation in January, but that’s come and gone. And she went.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44m 44 minutes ago
She tracks satellites by radar for a lab affiliated with @MIT. She believes #Tsarnaev to be guilty.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 45m 45 minutes ago
Juror operates a radar in Westford, and sometimes Lexington, for Lincoln Labs, affiliated with MIT. Tracks satellites.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52m 52 minutes ago
She’s served on a jury before in Lowell. Formed an opinion Tsarnaev is guilty, but can put views aside. “I would have to see the evidence.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52m 52 minutes ago
She wrote on her questionnaire, "I think everyone thinks he's guilty."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50m 50 minutes ago
Apparently her ex-husband said something so vile about #Tsarnaev it's not being repeated in court. Tsarnaev leans forward to look at her.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 51m 51 minutes ago
Juror wrote, “I think everyone thinks he’s guilty.” Her ex-huband said it more “dramatically” as judge put it. Doesn’t repeat what she wrote

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 46m 46 minutes ago
Juror ran in "Run to Remember" race, has a Medal and a Sean Collier T-shirt.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 47m 47 minutes ago
She ran in last year's "Run to Remember" race honoring fallen police officers and has a Sean Collier T-shirt.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 47m 47 minutes ago
After a brief sidebar, she's allowed to leave.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 46m 46 minutes ago
Another sidebar. When we return, Juror 520 is on her way out door.#Tsarnaev

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 44m 44 minutes ago
Juror 529 is a former interior designer but indicates he's been out of work for awhile.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 48m 48 minutes ago
Juror 529, a middle-aged guy. Has refrained from talking to people. “I do read the @BostonGlobe, but if I see an article I’ll just skip it.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 45m 45 minutes ago
He handles social media voluntarily for a Jewish group focused on events in Israel.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 44m 44 minutes ago
Juror saying Tsarnaev is guilty. Unable to put views aside. “I feel I have seen .. so much on TV and in media that does linger in my mind.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 43m 43 minutes ago
He thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty and nothing he sees or hears at trial will change that. Goodbye, juror.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 45m 45 minutes ago
“I feel so much was presented I’m going to feel the same way,” he said. He’s allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 43m 43 minutes ago
Juror 533, a middle-aged guy, a restaurant owner. Does daily book keeping, personnel. “Everything it takes to run a restaurant.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 42m 42 minutes ago
Next, Juror 533, a restaurateur. He's worried about the hardship on his coworkers in his absence.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
Juror saying he can make things work with restaurant, though would be a hardship on him, others who have to cover for him. Judge moves on.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40m 40 minutes ago
Juror wrote “unsure” on guilt, punishment. “I really haven’t followed it all that closely.” Didn’t even hear of bombings till hours later.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40m 40 minutes ago
“I really haven’t followed it since it happened, and I haven’t paid much attention,” he says.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37m 37 minutes ago
Juror 533 claims he has not followed coverage of the #BostonMarathonBombing and knows little about it or #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 39m 39 minutes ago
On death penalty, “it may be warranted if the evidence proves appropriate……it’s there for a reason.” Scaled himself in middle.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 37m 37 minutes ago
His take on the death penalty: "It's there for a reason."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 35m 35 minutes ago
By the way, he officiates sports on the side. "Whatever the rules are, that's the way it has to be."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 38m 38 minutes ago
“I like to think of myself as being pretty fair.” Says he officiates sports, same rules: “I really don’t care who wins one way or the other”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 31m 31 minutes ago
Back to the War on Terror question, Juror saying media feels need to put people in feel they need to panic, when, "maybe we don't."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 30m 30 minutes ago
This juror says the media has "blown up" the war on terror. "They feel we all need to be on edge, when maybe we don't."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 31m 31 minutes ago
“I think the media has a tendency to blow up or exaggerate some of the goings on they feel we need to know about so they can create news.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 28m 28 minutes ago
He makes one more observation about when capital punishment is just: "You know it when you see it."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30m 30 minutes ago
On death penalty, views come down to this: “You know it needs to happen when you see it.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28m 28 minutes ago
Juror comparing jury to officiating baseball, basketball, soccer, with warning=life in prison, and ejection=death penalty.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 27m 27 minutes ago
And this sports analogy: Death would be "ejection" from a game versus life, "a stern warning."#Tsarnaev captained wrestling team.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 25m 25 minutes ago
Speaking of wrestling, prosecutor Weinreb is in training for tomorrow's boffo change of venue hearing for #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28m 28 minutes ago
“The phrase I would use is 'in my best judgment'," he says. With that, he's allowed to leave.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 22m 22 minutes ago
Coming up, Juror 534. #Tsarnaev is rocking back and forth in his chair.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20m 20 minutes ago
Next, Juror 534, well dressed with a suit and tie. (second in 2 days) He’s a research director, advising banks +vendors on technology trends

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 19m 19 minutes ago
Juror 534 calls to mind a Will Ferrell character on "Saturday Night Live." He is a research director who advises banks on trends.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21m 21 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev flexes the left hand where he was shot.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22m 22 minutes ago
Judge finds his choice of profession interesting, jokes if juror analyzes Bitcoin, and he says, “actually yes, I do.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18m 18 minutes ago
Judge asking if followed events of Marathon. “Obviously, it’s hard not to” Judge saying, would you expect parties to check your Twitter? Yes

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 19m 19 minutes ago
Juror 534's office overlooks the #BostonMarathon finish line. He also sheltered in place nearby. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 19m 19 minutes ago
Juror changed his profile from "B Strong," around time when called for case.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17m 17 minutes ago
His father, stepmother, both attorneys. Dad is in tax and estate, step mom in family law.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 16m 16 minutes ago
He has been to Egypt and Jordan sightseeing and knows some Arabic and Russian.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 15m 15 minutes ago
He thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty, but said, "What I do professionally is form opinions. I've been wrong before."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15m 15 minutes ago
Juror says #Tsarnaev is guilty. But “able” to put presumptions aside. Would listen to evidence, and, "I could consider it."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15m 15 minutes ago
“Part of what I do professionally is to form opinion, and sometimes those opinions are wrong.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 13m 13 minutes ago
On death penalty, “It is a moral responsibility to determine, set out: Is that a punishment that’s on the table, does it fit?”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 12m 12 minutes ago
His church held a yard sale to benefit the family of #BostonMarathonBombing victim Martin Richard, 8.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 11m 11 minutes ago
“Im against taking a life in general but there r situations where that punishment is appropriate: whether it's heinous, whether it's cruel"

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 10m 10 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev folds his arms, slides down in his chair. His lawyer Miriam Conrad overrules and advises him to sit up.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 9m 9 minutes ago
Juror could see finish line from office. Coworkers “saw smoke, and the lights from the emergency vehicles.” But he wasn’t there that day.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 8m 8 minutes ago
Juror 534 was out of town when the April 15, 2013, bombings occurred. He learned of them at an airport between flights.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
His coworkers "saw the smoke and they saw the lights from the emergency vehicles."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
Juror asked what he thinks of as heinous crime, and says attacks on children, the innocent. “That to me is an aggravating factor.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
“If it was willful, if it was intentional, if there was an attempt to frighten…that’s something where it could be appropriate.”

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
Death may be appropriate for #Tsarnaev if the alleged attacks were "willful ... and intended to frighten," juror said,

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4m 4 minutes ago
That juror allowed to leave.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 536, younger gentleman. Manager of information systems for a large company

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
We're all the way up to Juror 536, the 215th to be questioned. He has a nervous giddiness. Glances at #Tsarnaev as he sits.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18s 19 seconds ago
Juror saying he doesn’t use social media for work. “It’s not recommended.”…. “I know,” the judge responds, to laughs.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3s 3 seconds ago
Juror was looking to become an FBI agent in cyber crimes, got hired, but refused job when couldn’t get choice city.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
He's a manager of information systems, but briefly worked as an FBI agent. He was interested in terror crimes.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 34s 35 seconds ago
Brother in law deployed to Iraq, saw combat. Suffered mental trauma. “He didn’t want to talk about it, just get back into family routine.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
So he presumes guilt but can b open: “Things have to be substantiated of course + from what I’ve seen so far it has not been substantiated.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6m 6 minutes ago
Juror saying he’s open to death penalty, but, “am I able to listen to statements that he is deserving of death, or not? Yes I could.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
“It’s a matter of persuading me one way or the other, and that can only be done with facts and evidence.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror had scaled support for death at 10 of 10, but clarifies he meant he supports concept of death. Could listen to mitigation arguments.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 10s 10 seconds ago
His wife a nurse at Brigham, in post-partum. Just changed Facebook to “Brigham Strong” but says support was for death of dr., not Marathon.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror thought it was required #Tsarnaev be put to death if he was convicted.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
His wife is a nurse at Brigham and Women's Hospital.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror clarifies for Conrad he never actually worked for the FBI, he merely applied and didn't want to relocate.#Taarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror clarifies he was an applicant going through process with FBI, but withdrew before completed, cuz couldn’t choose assignment city.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Miriam Conrad points out juror has an 8 year old boy, and wonders how that might affect him, seeing evidence of an 8-year-old boy here.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
“Being human, I think there’s an emotional aspect to that, and having family could impact my decision,” he says.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5m 5 minutes ago
He says his Christian beliefs prevent him from condemning or judging anyone else, but he can follow the law ...#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror's brother-in-law saw combat in Iraq and suffered PTSD.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror was probed over views of dp, and says now that he knows process, his support is a 5 of 10. He's allowed to leave.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge taking lunch break. See you at 2:15.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
A note about tomorrow's #Tsarnaev change of venue hearing: No electronics will be allowed in courtroom. so tweeting live not possible.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge O'Toole will hold off jury selection for #Tsarnaev trial until after the Appeals Court session.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 53m 53 minutes ago
Yes, tomorrow's #Tsarnaev hearing at the federal courthouse is open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 58m 58 minutes ago
Reporters @Laurel_Sweet and myself let back into courtroom, for remainder of jury selections for afternoon. #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 59m 59 minutes ago
Tired of the fashion that binds him, #Tsarnaev loosens shirt collar.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58m 58 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev lawyers David Bruck and Judy Clarke win an appreciative smile from O'Toole for standing when he enters.

 

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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 58m 58 minutes ago
Juror 537 is a woman who is being "asked a lot of questions" about her #Tsarnaev jury duty by outsiders.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 59m 59 minutes ago
Juror 537, middle aged woman. Says “some people have tried to ask questions, but I’ve politely put them off.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 58m 58 minutes ago
She does customer service data analysis/data shepherding for her company

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 56m 56 minutes ago
Juror 537 is a customer data shepherd. Don't worry, O'Toole was lost on that one, too, but said of her title, "I kind of like it."#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 50m 50 minutes ago
Juror 537 struggles internally with death penalty. On the whole, she is against taking a life.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 47m 47 minutes ago
She tells O'Toole it "would be a very high bar set" to convince her to order #Tsarnaev killed.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 35m 35 minutes ago
No matter which way the two sides pry, she reaches the same conclusion: "I think it's wrong to take a human life."#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 56m 56 minutes ago
She presumes Tsarnaev is guilty, but can put opinions aside. “I believe I could base my decision about guilt on the evidence.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 57m 57 minutes ago
Says she’s against death penalty, though, would have difficulty putting beliefs on that aside.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 55m 55 minutes ago
Juror saying her husband works in Boston, was under shelter in place, but not an issue. “It was what it was, he’s not traumatized by it.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 53m 53 minutes ago
Her husband went to MIT as an undergrad, but no affect on her views of the case, the shooting of MIT police officer Sean Collier.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 53m 53 minutes ago
On penalty, juror saying struggles with it, wouldn’t want to, recognizes some acts so “heinous,” +juror not sure “where to draw the line.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 52m 52 minutes ago
“If I was personally involved I’d feel more strongly,” she says.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 49m 49 minutes ago
“I think it would be very difficult to convince me to impose the death penalty,” Juror says. “I think there would be a high bar set.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 42m 42 minutes ago
Juror 537 saying she would have a high bar for death penalty "for anyone, not just this case," and prosecutors want to see how high it is.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 37m 37 minutes ago
“I’m against taking a human life,” Juror says, and pauses. Emotional. “But in some cases I understand why we would want the death penalty.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 32m 32 minutes ago
Judy Clarke saying, if you get to the decision, could you hand out death, and juror’s shoulders shaking. “Yes, I believe I could.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 33m 33 minutes ago
She's allowed to leave.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 32m 32 minutes ago
Meanwhile, #Tsarnaev sitting in back of chair, playing with pen in hand.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30m 30 minutes ago
Juror 538. He’s a project manager for construction company, “the one across the street.” “You’re responsible for that," Judge says to laughs

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 27m 27 minutes ago
On to Juror 538, who says he's the pre-construction project manager for the building going up across from the courthouse.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30m 30 minutes ago
This is what judge was getting at>>>First hurdle for Tsarnaev jurors is parking http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...pZEKCDhXBJZb9HfAHQLI/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 27m 27 minutes ago
The young man's wife is a developmental pediatrician at Children's Hospital.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24m 24 minutes ago
Presumes Tsarnaev guilty based on what he’s seen “which is limited, but media driven,” but has law degree, and knows principles of innocence

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 25m 25 minutes ago
“It’s an analysis that I can set everything aside…if that’s what you’re asking, I believe I can do it," Juror tells judge.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 24m 24 minutes ago
Juror 538, a non-practicing attorney, said his opinion of #Tsarnaev "is limited, but it's media driven."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 21m 21 minutes ago
Unclear if his project is the one with the opinionated cement truck photographed by attorneys for #Tsarnaev.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 23m 23 minutes ago
Juror saying only connection to bombings was media reports or his mother telling him, “be vigilante” and “beware your surroundings.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20m 20 minutes ago
His wife, from Winchester, knows of, through circles, Dic Donahue, the Transit police officer shot in Watertown.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20m 20 minutes ago
Families would have connection to a recreational club in Winchester.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 20m 20 minutes ago
“Do you feel an obligation to vindicate him?” Judge asks. Juror says doesn’t think so.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18m 18 minutes ago
Juror saying service length would be annoying, but, “I understand this process, we need it, it’s the law, let’s follow the law.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 18m 18 minutes ago
But, he adds, cynical side tells him, his friends would tell him, would it be waste if #Tsarnaev doesn’t get the death penalty? Why bother.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 16m 16 minutes ago
He is open to death penalty. “There are times, yes, I think it’s deserved.” But he questions “cost/benefit analysis..it comes at great cost”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 15m 15 minutes ago
“I don’t have any deep rooted beliefs, either way,” Juror says. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 9m 9 minutes ago
We were excused for a brief sidebar. Defense team now going at juror's knowledge of Donahue, medical treatment, his condition.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
Juror saying wife knew Donahue family, from swim club in Winchester. Would hear things, like "they didn't know if he was going to survive

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
Bruck asking if Juror heard story about the young woman doctor who saved Donahue's life, but Juror said hadn't heard.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 11m 11 minutes ago
Chakravarty tells Juror 538 @DicDonohue is expected to testify about what happened to him. That will be gut wrenching.#Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Bruck going at juror’s view that trial could be a “waste,” if #Tsarnaev not sentenced to death. Would he feel pulled to make sure it’s not?

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Juror clarifies answer, says was his “cynical side,” quoting friends who “believe they know everything, and you’ll hear things like that.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
But, he maintains, he believes, "the process is more important.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
“If the judge said, ‘do what’s right’, and it was that vague, then I would have to make up my own decision of what ‘right’ is.”

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
He's allowed to leave.