Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk talks about Marathon coinciding with Patriot's Day in Boston, so linked to history of country and city.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 46 seconds ago
Jurors are paying pretty close attention to Grilk, only 1 or 2 taking notes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 33s 34 seconds ago
Runners include small # (15 to 20) elite runners who try to win. Roughly 80% have to qualify; the rest are from charities/running clubs

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 28 seconds ago
Grilk says crowds on Boylston St in Boston are very dense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Grilk estimates about half a million people line the Boston marathon course @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5m 5 minutes ago
Grilk is tall, graying, deep voice. He was once the finish line announcer for the Marathon. #tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 38s 39 seconds ago
Grilk says Marathon accounts for about $140 million in business in city, and huge # of participants and observers from across the world.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 6m 6 minutes ago
BAA ED Grilk describes marathon crowd as being largest/thickest in downtown Boston. #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo retweeted
MichaelCoyne @DeanCoyne · 4m 4 minutes ago
Judge instructs jury opening statements aren't evidence but #Tsarnaev attorney conceding "it was him" is evidentiary admission under *FRE 801
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*FYI: Rule 801. Definitions That Apply to This Article; Exclusions from Hearsay

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_801
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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 8m 8 minutes ago
Front row RT @OliverCatIII @MiltonValencia Is Carmen Ortiz present in court?

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk is going through nuts/bolts of the marathon. Could be prosecution setting the stage for more testimony by giving background. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Grilk says BAA spends about $7 million to put on the marathon. Sponsors spend millions more @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Grilk goes over tradition of Marathon, "it is a chance to come out doors in the spring time, it is a chance for them to cheer a little bit."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 10m 10 minutes ago
Grilk's testimony seems designed to show symbolic value of Marathon to Boston, drawing thousands & is city's unofficial launch to spring

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 7m 7 minutes ago
Grilk says Marathon accounts for about $140 million in business in city, and huge # of participants and observers from across the world.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 4m 4 minutes ago
Grilk comes off in distinguished fashion, with graying hair and suit and tie. He speaks in measured tones, professor-like.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Grilk explains it's common for fans to leave end of Red Sox game & walk over to marathon route to cheer on runners @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk: estimates show Marathon pumps $137-$142 million into local economy. BAA spends bout $7 mill. Sponsors, like Adidas, also kick in $

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Grilk says there are broadcast companies in about 20 countries outside the U.S. that televise the Boston marathon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 4m 4 minutes ago
Grilk refers to another Boston tradition related to the Marathon: A Red Sox game in the morning, so not conflict w/iconic race

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Grilk is now describing the marathon course, hydration stations, medical tents, etc. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
Grilk: there are 2 medical tents, tent A has about 200 cots, tent B is smaller, less than 1/2 as many cots @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 22s 23 seconds ago
Grilk's testimony reinforces Marathon's role on world - and local stage. He also details medical/health measures taken to protect runners.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 19 seconds ago
Grilk says they partner w/public safety officials, "we focus on what happens inside the curb stones," they focus outside it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Grilk: 2013 began as other marathons have, was a good weather day, not as hot as 2012 @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
After recounting Marathon history, Grilk goes on, "2013 began as any Marathon had for a # of yrs. it was a good weather day." #tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17s 18 seconds ago
"It was a good day to run and a good day to watch." He was still finish line announcer. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 21 seconds ago
Grilk says he is generally at finish line, as finish line announcer he would describe who was winning & what was happening @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev appears to be looking mostly straight ahead, hand to his face, rubbing his mouth at times. Grilk is to his right @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 3m 3 minutes ago
Grilk now talking 2013 marathon. Says it started like any other year. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Jurors are now looking at exhibit 1, an aerial view of the marathon course, lined with people, looking toward finish line @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
First exhibit is a photo of marathon finish line in 2013. #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 45s 45 seconds ago
Jurors seeing aerial photo of finish line along Boylston St. It shows the blue triangle finish area & white temp bridge for photographers

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17s 17 seconds ago
Exhibit 1 shows the photo bridge on Boylston St, the grandstand area, announcers platform, barricades & flags @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 38s 38 seconds ago
Exhibit 2 is a photo of the video screen at Boylston & Exeter that allows people in grandstand to see the race @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
Jurors seeing first exhibits, of photos of Marathon finish line, pre-blasts. They looking closely at monitor, one standing to see closely.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 39s 39 seconds ago
2nd photo is a picture from the corner of Boylston/Exeter, showing the video feed of race course. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 33 seconds ago
Exhibit 3 is a photo of runners nearing the finish line, about half a block away @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Exhibit 3 is another photo near finish line. Shows runners coming to finish line by Exeter St. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Exhibit 4 is a closer aerial shot of finish line/photo bridge. #Tsarnaev.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35s 36 seconds ago
Exhibit 4 is another aerial view of finish line with runners crossing & fans on either side @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 46s 47 seconds ago
Upper right hand corner of exhibit 4 shows medical tent A in Copley Square/BPL. #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
More finish-line photos shown, including a view of a Red Sox scoreboard showing TB Rays 1 and Red Sox 2 at the 8th inning of game.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41s 42 seconds ago
As these photos are shown, one juror is standing, perhaps to get a closer look @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Patricia Wen @globepatty · 38s 39 seconds ago
Glick explaining the set-up of the finish line w/ photos, using a deep voice that he also uses as Marathon finish-line announcer since 1979

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
The next exhibits being shown are computer generated diagrams of Boylston St including the finish line @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 47s 47 seconds ago
Next two exhibits are diagrams showing the final stretch of Marathon on Boylston St. Businesses are named along route. #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 15s 16 seconds ago
Now Glick confirming accuracy of gov't map exhibit showing range of stores/restaurants near finish line, incl Forum Rest.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 25 seconds ago
Jurors are now looking at a diagram showing the location of the Forum restaurant between Exeter & Fairfield @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Grilk on photo of Boylston St near Fairfield, "It is as dense here as it gets, there are people that fill the sidewalks" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 9s 10 seconds ago
Pros. Al Chakravarty having Grilk go over diagram of finish line, scale of where Forum, Marathon Sports are in proximity. #tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk, on spectator density in downtown Boston, "This is as dense as it gets." #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk says crowds do not tend to diminish as the day goes on. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 17s 18 seconds ago
Exhibit 5 now up. Video of the finish line from the photo bridge. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 22 seconds ago
Grilk now explaining clock at finish line, shows the time since the a certain pack left the start line @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Grilk says these 2 clocks have become less important for runners due to chip technology, they're more for spectators @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia retweeted
Anica Butler @AnicaButler · 2m 2 minutes ago
New details we learned about the Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath during #Tsarnaev trial this morning: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...ealed-court/jXUlCgTYyohn20liaD24fJ/story.html …

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 32 seconds ago
Government is now playing the video of both bombs exploding near the fish line. The video is silent @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 29 seconds ago
The courtroom is in complete silence too as the video is played again @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 25s 26 seconds ago
Prosecutors just played video of first bombing. Victims/families watch closely on monitor in front of them. Stoic. #tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Jurors now seeing video of the first bombs going off at the Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013, runners and spectators running in panic

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Video shows both bombs going off along marathon route. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
No audio on the video. Only visuals. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk says first blast was near Marathon Sports, second blast was near the Forum restaurant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52s 53 seconds ago
Grilk: in a situation like that our job is focus on things we can control & try not to be too distracted by things we cannot @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 30s 31 seconds ago
Grilk was saying seconds earlier that this spot is for spectators, that, "this is as dense as it gets." #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 31 seconds ago
Some jurors have concerned looks on their faces as a frozen frame of video showing bombing aftermath remains on the screen @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Kaitlin Flanigan @KaitlinFlanigan · 1m 1 minute ago
RT @NECN: Courtroom sketch from today's testimony in the #Tsarnaev trial. http://trib.al/lgVtcWb

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Grilk: our medical staff attended immediately to those they could, they went out to get them, provided first aid on scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 25s 26 seconds ago
Grilk speaks haltingly now, as if deeply moved by the images of bombs exploding, white smoke in the air, and runners/spectators scattering

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57s 57 seconds ago
Grilk on medical personnel: "those people did a magnificent job, everyone who entered that tent alive is alive today" @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Grilk, on BAA medical staff's actions after the bombings, "They did what they could." #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 29 seconds ago
Smoke filled freeze frame of the bombing aftermath remains on the screen, some survivors are looking away @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 12 seconds ago
The government is done with questioning of Tom Grilk. Defense attorney Miriam Conrad begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 33s 33 seconds ago
Prosecutors are finished with Grilk. Now Miriam Conrad, of defense steps up to cross-examine. #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49s 49 seconds ago
Conrad asks Grilk about a few smaller items on the diagram. He says he did not prepare diagram, doesn't know. Cross done @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Def attorney Miriam Conrad is cross-examining Grilk now. She just went over some aspects of the map, and is already done. Grilk leaves

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Conrad focusing on diagram exhibits provided by prosecutors. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Asks Grilk if he knows what brown rectangles on the diagrams are. He says he does not, and he's off the stand. #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57s 57 seconds ago
The second government witness is 44yo Shane O'Hara of Raynham. He's the store manager at Marathon Sports on Boylston St @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 34s 34 seconds ago
Next witness is Shane O'Hara, manager of Marathon Sports, been so since 2001. #tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Shane O'Hara, 44, is on the stand. He lives in Raynham. He is manager at Marathon Sports, one of stores near finish line.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Now up for prosecution, Shane O'Hara, manager of Marathon Sports, where one of the bombs went off. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58s 59 seconds ago
AUSA William Weinreb is questioning O'Hara for the government @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 27 seconds ago
O'Hara says he opened the Boylston St Marathon Sports store around 10am on Marathon Monday. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 53s 53 seconds ago
Marathon Sports manager said store was open on Marathon day, and opened at 10 a.m. Typically he does clean-up and prep work that day.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 19 seconds ago
O'Hara says the typical crowd outside the store for a marathon is 8-10 deep, busiest when elite runners finish @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
O'Hara says he was working at Marathon Sports on April 15, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 26 seconds ago
Jury is looking at a photo of O'Hara outside Marathon Sports watching runners finish @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Says there is no rel betw name of his store - Marathon Sports - and the event. First store started in Cambridge & owner just came up w/name.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 20 seconds ago
O'Hara says he was in the store during bombings, voice cracks as he says "it was something you'd never forget in your life" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 8s 9 seconds ago
Jurors see pix of O'Hara in shorts and blue top, just outside the store & looking toward finish. He says he rem bombing "very well."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
O'Hara: "the first thing I remember was the sound, turned and saw a cloud of dust" "completely engulfed the whole window" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5s 6 seconds ago
O'Hara says blast shattered one pane of window glass of his store @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
O'Hara said it sounded like firecrackers you'd play with when you were a kid @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 27s 28 seconds ago
He said smoke "completely engulfed" front of store & shattered the window. He was selling pair of shoes to an old colleague at time.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
O'Hara says it was a chaotic moment, they were taking people into the store, "there were sounds of needing help" @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
O'Hara says he was inside the store when the bombs went off. Says he ran to the front of the store. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 36s 37 seconds ago
O'Hara says people started coming into the store. He didn't know if he should go outside himself. #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 29s 29 seconds ago
He described "chaotic" moment, not sure he should even safe to go outside. He heard sounds of "needing help."

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 41 seconds ago
Jury is watching surveillance video from inside Marathon Sports, you can see the front door@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3s 3 seconds ago
Jury seeing video of blast, people covering ears as they walk in, O'Hara helping people in, tying a tourniquet on a woman @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
"How well do u you remember that day?" He catches voice. "It would be something you feel you would never forget." #tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 30s 31 seconds ago
Now seeing a video from the inside of Marathon Sports when bomb goes off. Shows people running in, grabbing clothing for bandages. #tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35s 36 seconds ago
O'Hara: we just started tearing off as much of the apparel as we could find to use it for tourniquets @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
O'Hara said he sees a woman and blood going down her leg, and he grabbed some clothing and tied it around her leg.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 36s 37 seconds ago
O'Hara is seen helping taking out brand-new apparel to help w/victims, and admits he even wondered oddly how he'd account for apparel later.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 31 seconds ago
O'Hara's voice continues to crack as he says after the blast everyone was on the ground, only ones standing were helping @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 7s 8 seconds ago
Jurors and families/survivors watching video of footage from inside store of 1st bombs. One juror stands to see closely.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 41 seconds ago
O'Hara says it was like a scene from Saving Private Ryan, "things that haunt me is making decision of who needed help first" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 54s 54 seconds ago
O'Hara is choked up now, and he said like a scene out of movie Private Ryan. "Things that haunt me is mkg decisions who needed help first."

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
"things that haunt me is making the decisions of who needed help first...I feel like that was never my role." O'Hara chokes up. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
O'Hara says there was a gunpowder/burned hair smell out on the street. "I'll always remember smelling that." #Tsarnaev.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 57s 58 seconds ago
"I heard a voice of someone saying "stay with me. Stay with me." #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 40 seconds ago
O'Hara says it smelled like gunpowder & burnt hair after the blast, heard someone say "stay with me, stay with me" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 58s 58 seconds ago
O'Hara fights back tears: "the thing that haunts me are the agonizing decisions: who do you help first, who needs it more." #tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 33s 34 seconds ago
He recalls cries, and people saying, "Stay with me, stay with me." O'Hara wipes his nose and blinks back tears, struggling at times to rem

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
O'Hara says there was kind of like a dull silence so all you heard was sirens & screams @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Jury is now looking at a photo of victims on the ground & blood covering the sidewalk @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Next photo shows the Marathon Sports storefront immediately after bombing. Lots of blood/debris. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
O'Hara said an officer told him to stop people from coming to the area, but he said it eventually seemed pointless @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 19 seconds ago
O'Hara says whole entire street was closed 10 days, the following Thursday @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
"That was never my role, to make that decision." #tsarnaev recalls smell of gunpowder

WBUR Live @wburLive · 39s 40 seconds ago
O'Hara says an officer asked him to stop people from coming into the area. He says he tried, but couldn't do it. #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3m 3 minutes ago
Def attorneys declined to cross-examine O'Hara. He steps down and court breaks for lunch.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Now onto a 1 hour recess. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Defense has no questions for him. We resume at 2.#tsarnaev walks out quietly

 

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WBUR Live @wburLive · 3m 3 minutes ago
We are back from lunch. Should be back to testimony in #Tsarnaev shortly.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 7m 7 minutes ago
The trial of #Tsarnaev is due to start in a few minutes, and third witness will be called by gov't.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 5m 5 minutes ago
Seems so far defense is exercising its right NOT to present a genuine defense. It is only govt's duty to present enough evidence to convict

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
The first phase of the trial (guilty/not-guilty) was to last about six weeks, but wonder if shorter now bec. less reason to cross-exam

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Theoretically, nothing stops Tsarnaev from pleading guilty anytime, but that would likely affect his appeals re: change venue, etc.