Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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  • #961
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Lawyers emerge from meeting with judge... Immediately confer with their teams.
#Tsarneav

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49s 49 seconds ago
Clarke & Chakravarty are back from judge's chambers, having short discussions now with their legal teams @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #962
Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 36s 36 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev trial teams now scrambling, talking amongst themselves. Security officials hovering over crowd.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Suspect this is about finalizing the verdict form and jury instructions, which two sides were at odds over.#Tsarnaev
 
  • #963
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 30 seconds ago
The jury & judge are now in court for closing arguments, an hour after court was scheduled to begin @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #964
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 21 seconds ago
Judge O'Toole begins by addressing the jury regarding closing arguments @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34s 34 seconds ago
Judge addresses jury: I have the duty to oversee this case and instruct you on the law that applies here.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge will give jurors their legal instructions now, not after the lawyers' closing arguments.
#Tsarneav

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46s 47 seconds ago
Judge: these instructions will be lengthy, but you will get a written copy once you begin deliberations.
#Tsarneav

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59s 60 seconds ago
Judge is giving the jury "a short course in all the law you'll need to know" to deliberate @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 28s 28 seconds ago
All 18 juror heads are turned to O'Toole. #Tsarnaev sits with his hung.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8s 9 seconds ago
Judge: I will give you further instructions after the closing statements as well.
He begins with a history of where federal laws come from.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 30 seconds ago
The judge says after closing arguments he'll have another set of instructions to help jurors before they begin deliberating @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 23 seconds ago
The jury is listening closely as the judge explains criminal statutes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 26 seconds ago
The judge tells jurors "look at what the evidence established a person has done" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13s 14 seconds ago
Judge: I'll start w/ a "silly example" of someone selling an item of apparel illegally, so u can understand structure of criminal statutes.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
O'Toole presents "silly" examples of federal law to help jurors understand the complex language of Congress.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
The jury is listening closely as the judge explains criminal statutes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
The judge tells jurors "look at what the evidence established a person has done" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 24s 25 seconds ago
A female juror nods to signal O'Toole she gets it.#Tsarnaev
 
  • #965
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 34 seconds ago
Judge O'Toole says the decisions on guilt of these alleged charges must be unanimous. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45s 46 seconds ago
Judge: a person can be liable for a federal offense if he did it himself OR if he "aided or abetted another to commit the crime".
#Tsarneav

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10s 11 seconds ago
Judge: in most of the counts of this indictment, the defendant is in fact charged with aiding and abetting Tamerlan #Tsarneav

Michele McPhee ‏@MicheleMcPhee 57s58 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev jurors listening intently as judge instructs them on elements of statutes as they apply to Dzhokhar case

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  • #966
Bob Ward Fox25 ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
O'Toole: Many of counts against Dzhokhar #tsarnaev are aiding and abetting Tamerlan. #fox25

Rick Serrano ‏@RickSerranoLAT 2m2 minutes ago
@Tsarnaev trial: Judge tells jury that Dzhokhar can be guilty if he "aided and abetted" his older brother Tamerlan in the Boston bombings

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43s 43 seconds ago
Judge: someone who aids and abets doesn't even have to be there at the time; but they must "affirmatively assist" in the crime.
#Tsarneav

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge: In most of the counts in the indictment, the defendant is charged w/aiding or abetting someone else, namely Tamerlan #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Judge: to be guilty of aiding & abetting a person must act in some way to assist in the crime @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28s 28 seconds ago
Judge explains "conspiracy" is separate crime than the actual crime - 2 or more people must agree to it, spoken or unspoken @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 14s 15 seconds ago
Jury must agree on most charges that #Tsarnaev was the lead actor, an abettor or both.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Jurors are paying attention, some nodding as the judge makes statements.
He moves on next to elements of conspiracy.

Dan Hausle ‏@dhausleon7 2m2 minutes ago
Def spent a lot of time showing brother Tamerlan's actions and suggesting Dzhokhar was brought along. #7News#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 5s 6 seconds ago
The official O'Toole Tamerlan #Tsarnaev Credit Count stands at 2 mentions.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49s 50 seconds ago
Judge: Conspiracy "does not have to be a formal agreement..."

Dan Hausle ‏@dhausleon7 2m2 minutes ago
3 counts are for Dzhokhar "conspiring" with brother Tamerlan to commit crimes #7News#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge says #Tsarnaev faces 3 conspiracy charges @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56s 57 seconds ago
Judge: government only has to prove that a defendant knew of and participated in the acts.
#Tsarneav

Rick Serrano ‏@RickSerranoLAT 1m1 minute ago
@Tsarnaev trial: In main charge, jury must decide whether Dzhokhar “knowingly and voluntarily” agreed to use WMD at 2013 Boston Marathon

he Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol 1m1 minute ago
#Tsarnaev judge - conspiracy = 2 or more people agreeing to crime - spoken or not spoken. #Dzhokhar charged w. 3 conspiracy charges

Bob Ward Fox25 ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
O'Toole; Gov't doesn't need to prove Dzhokhar #tsarnaev knew the entire scope of the illegal enterprise. #fox25

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52s 53 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev can be found guilty of conspiracy if he knew of the plot's intent regardless of the role he played or whether the goal was met.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30s 30 seconds ago
Judge: govt. claims each of the charged conspiracies resulted in the death of 1 of 4 people; consider all separately; you must be unanimous.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13s 14 seconds ago
Judge: there are 27 counts that charge the defendant with committing substantive offenses @NECN #Tsarnaev

Bob Ward Fox25 ‏@Bward3 59s60 seconds ago
O'Toole: In conspiracy, death resulting, Govt needs to prove Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev consp led to death any 1 of Collier, Lu, Campbell, Richard

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 31s 31 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev can be found guilty of 4 murders if jury finds the victims would otherwise be alive if not for the #BostonMarathonBombing.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34s 35 seconds ago
Judge: In those 27 counts #Tsarnaev is charged as both a principal & an aided or abetter @NECN
 
  • #967
Holly Bailey ‏@hollybdc 57s58 seconds ago
As part of conspiracy charges, judge says Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev can be held responsible for Tamerlan’s actions

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 9 seconds ago
Judge says each count should be considered separately @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jesse Grossi ‏@producerjesse 1m1 minute ago
Judge O'Toole now going over each of the 30 charges against Dzhokhar #tsarnaev - jury must rule on each of them in deliberations

The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol 54s54 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev judge tells jury they can find #Dzhokhar guilty even if the crimes were committed by another (Tamerlan) and not himself.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · now
#Tsarnaev also facing state murder charges for shooting death of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier April 18, 2013.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge: You will return a separate verdict for each of these counts; don't let one verdict influence the others; review individually.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 35 seconds ago
Judge: "A weapon of mass destruction" is "any explosive bomb" for the purposes of this case.
#Tsarneav

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
For WMD charges, jury must find #Tsarnaev knowingly used a WMD, against person/property in the U.S. & it affects interstate commerce @NECN

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 25s 26 seconds ago
O'Toole defines "weapon of mass destruction" as "any explosive bomb."#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
Judge says a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) is "any explosive bomb" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37s 37 seconds ago
#Tsarneav sits at defense table, head hung down, watching neither judge nor jury.

Hilary Sargent ‏@lilsarg 49s50 seconds ago
Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev faces 30 charges. Here they are.

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  • #968
Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 27s 28 seconds ago
In his case, Pressure Cooker Bomb No. 1 at Marathon Sports, which killed Krystle Campbell.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 24s 24 seconds ago
Pressure Cooker Bomb No. 2 at Forum restaurant, which killed Martin Richard and Lingzi Lu.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51s 52 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev is charged with using 3 pressure cooker bombs & 3 pipe bombs (1 did not explode) in Boston & Watertown @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 29s 30 seconds ago
Judge: Defendant is also charged w/ using and carrying a "firearm" in this case; firearm is "a bomb, a pistol, or both".
#Tsarneav

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44s 45 seconds ago
Judge explains #Tsarnaev also faces "use & carry charges" with firearm & bombs @NECN

Jesse Grossi ‏@producerjesse 2m2 minutes ago
Judge now going over at least 6 of the firearm charges against Dzhokhar #tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 11s 12 seconds ago
And Pressure Cooker Bomb No. 3 and PIpe Bombs 1, 2 and 3 from the Watertown firefight that left Tamerlan #Tsarnaev dead,

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge: "A pellet or BB gun is not a 'firearm'" in this case.
#Tsarneav

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24s 24 seconds ago
Remember: the bombs discussed here count as "firearms".
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 17 seconds ago
Judge: "A willful, deliberate and premeditated killing of a person is a murder" @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #969
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 14s 15 seconds ago
The judge's first focus was on the charges related to the bombing that resulted in the death of Krystle Campbell; now he moves on.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
Jurors can convict #Tsarnaev of Officer Collier's brutal execution even if they agree he didn't pull the trigger.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 26s 27 seconds ago
The next bomb (firearm) resulted in the deaths of Lingzi Lu and Martin Richard.
#Tsarnaev

Bob Ward Fox25 ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
As judge instructs jury on points of law, Dzhokhar #tsarnaev is quietly sitting at defense bench, looking forward. #fox25

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 41s 41 seconds ago
Several jurors are furiously gnashing at gum in their mouths.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 17s 18 seconds ago
Is this a sign they're champing at the bit?#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54s 54 seconds ago
Judge: the Ruger 9mm 'firearm' and a pipe bomb #1 from Laurel St. scene can also be considered; did #Tsarnaev "carry them" at the time?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8s 9 seconds ago
Judge now moves on to Pipe Bomb #2; jurors must decide that #Tsarnaev "used and carried it" during an offense.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53s 54 seconds ago
The judge continues to walk the jury through the 30 charges against #Tsarnaev count by count @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge: this defendant is charged both with "bombing a place of public use" and as a conspirator in the same.
#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52s 53 seconds ago
The Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic used to killed Sean Collier.#Tsarnaev

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
.@BridgetBlythe It's the semiautomatic handgun Dzhokhar allegedly got from Stephen Silva & was used against Collier & in Watertown @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge: this defendant is charged both with "bombing a place of public use" and as a conspirator in the same.
#Tsarnaev
 
  • #970
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Some jurors are yawning, others looking down or around the courtroom as these instructions continue @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Judge: Defendant is charged with "Malicious destruction of property" AND as a conspirator in same.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Pressure Cooker No. 4 presently sits on the head and shoulders of #Tsarnaev who, at 21, could become youngest person on federal death row.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
#Tsarnaev is sitting in his chair looking straight forward as judge continues to instruct jurors @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37s 37 seconds ago
One element here is that the target of the bomb "affected interstate and foreign commerce". Jurors will have a lot to consider.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
These charges are quite complex, jurors will have to go through all 30 counts 1-by-1 & come to a unanimous decision @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
As a reminder, burden is on government to prove these charges beyond a reasonable doubt, not on defense to prove innocence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Judge isn't going through the counts in order; they have been regrouped, he explained, since some counts are connected to others.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10s 11 seconds ago
Judge now reviews some of the counts related to the murder of MIT Officer Sean Collier.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 36 seconds ago
We enter our 2nd hour of jury instructions in #Tsarnaev trial.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6s 7 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev jury instructions at one hour and counting.
 
  • #971
  • #972
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6m 6 minutes ago
Jurors all still paying attention to the judge, though some occasionally drift away for a moment, snap back into it.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8m 8 minutes ago
Judge moves on to the carjacking charges; tells jury they must find #Tsarnaev intended to seriously harm or kill the driver if needed

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
Judge: #Tsarnaev didn't have to initiate the carjacking, just had to know that someone else intended to

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Judge now going over carjacking charge & how jurors must decide if MBTA Officer Dic Dononue's injuries were a result of it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
The carjacking charge is linked to subsequent injury to MBTA police officer Dic Donohue; jury must find #Tsarnaev responsible for that.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
Dononue's injuries & what caused them was something the defense spent a lot of time & energy on @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is also charged with robbing Dun Meng when he took his ATM card and withdrew $800.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
Here again, jury must find #Tsarnaev's actions "affected interstate commerce" (though he didn't have to know he was doing so).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
The judge wraps up jury instructions, took about 75 minutes in all @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Judge is wrapping up, reminding jury they will hear from him again after closing arguments.
Govt prosecutors will go 1st, then defense.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Tamerlan #Tsarnaev was mentioned three times by name, 30 less than in Dzhokhar's indictment.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 30 seconds ago
We will take a short break before prosecution begins closing arguments @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
AUSA Al Chakravarty will give the close, after a 5 minute break.
 
  • #973
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10m 10 minutes ago
Large easel has been placed in front of jury box; one of the poster board displays is easily 4' tall.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6m 6 minutes ago
Chakravarty begins.
"The defendant brought terrorism to back yards and main streets."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
"He wanted to awake the mujahideen, the holy warriors, and so he chose Patriot's Day...when the eyes of the world would be upon Boston."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
"He chose a day when there would be civilians on the sidewalks. Because he wanted to make a point. He wanted to punish America."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
"He and his brother killed two young women...and a little boy."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
Afterwards, he bought milk, went to school, got in workout.
"The defendent and his brother did this together. It was a coordinated attack."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
"They went to MIT, and there, they saw Officer Sean Collier...and tried to get his gun, but they couldn't."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
"They had been planning to go to New York with their bombs and their guns..." until the Watertown police stopped them.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
When the defendant was all along, "he had choices to make. He could surrender... But he chose a different path."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
AC: #Tsarnaev tried to the officers, but did hit his brother, then abandoned the Mercedes and took off on foot.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 15 seconds ago
Govt: they were tracked down in Watertown where "they made their last stand" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 28s 28 seconds ago
Before #Tsarnaev climbed into that boat, "he had the presence of mind" to smash his phones & ditch them behind a shed

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48s 49 seconds ago
Then, "he did was terrorists do. He wanted to tell the world why he did it. He wanted to take credit."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34s 35 seconds ago
"In his voice, he chose to write something to the American people."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt: after Tamerlan charged police, Dzhokhar got in the stolen car & "used it as a weapon to try to mow down the officers" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev found the backyard boat but before getting in it he smashed & ditched his cell phones @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18s 19 seconds ago
Govt: "ultimately he did what terrorists do...he wanted to tell the world why he did it...to take credit, wanted to justify" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 19 seconds ago
Chakravarty is reading the message #Tsarnaev wrote in the Watertown boat: "we Muslims are one body, you hurt one, you hurt us all" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30s 30 seconds ago
Chakravarty now reads the boat note, which he was had printed on a huge poster board so they can follow along.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev left a trail of blood seeking refuge in a winterized boat in Watertown.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 45s 45 seconds ago
"Ultimately he did what terrorists do: He wanted to tell the world what he did. He wanted to take credit."#Tsarnaev

Michele McPhee ‏@MicheleMcPhee 54s54 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev "Ultimately he did what terrorists do,'' @DMAnews1 Dzhokhar pulled himself into the boat and took credit for the attack.

Hilary Sargent ‏@lilsarg 52s52 seconds ago
“All credit goes to Allah,” read the note allegedly written by Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev inside the boat.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Boat message: "I don't like killing innocent people, it is forbidden in Islam, but due to said (bullet hole) it is allowed" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jared Pliner ‏@JaredPliner 59s60 seconds ago
Govt wanted to start with what it sees as Dzhokhar's confession. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15s 16 seconds ago
"The evidence here speaks for itself," he says, so I'm going to go over some of it with you.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13s 13 seconds ago
Jurors are told (by the judge) to get their personal TV screens ready.
We begin with pictures before the marathon; #Tsarnaev brothers seen

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 11 seconds ago
Chakravarty says he will now show jurors images and video they have seen and go through the events again @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jesse Grossi ‏@producerjesse 57s58 seconds ago
Government shows the video of Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev walking on Boylston Street "entirely untroubled about what he's about to do"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43s 44 seconds ago
"He is entirely untroubled by what he is about to do."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 7 seconds ago
"They were looking for the right place to make the impact" they wanted to.
"That day, they felt they were soldiers."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: the terrorists lectures & songs he had consumed for over a year had convinced him what he was doing was right @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41s 42 seconds ago
Govt: "That day they were soldiers...and they were bringing their battle to Boston" @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #974
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Showing jurors the video from Forum, Chakravarty describes how #Tsarnaev saw the children on the fence in front of him @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53s 54 seconds ago
Chakravarty: he chose Forum because it was busier than Whiskey's, further down Boylston.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Chakravarty narrates the surveillance video from Forum now, showing #Tsarnaev make his phone call to Tamerlan.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
"He thought his cause was more important than the people around him."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 36 seconds ago
In the video, we see reaction to blast 1, then "like a salmon upstream" we see him leave scene 2.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30s 31 seconds ago
Denise Richard is leaning forward, watching video, her husband's hand on her back.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: #Tsarnaev on phone "We don't know exactly what he said but he told his brother he was in position he told him it was go time" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Jurors now see video and photos of Dzhokhar fleeing the bombings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 2m 2 minutes ago
Jurors are once more shown the incredible time lapse video of the #Tsarnaev brothers entering Boylston Street at 2:37 p.m. on April 15, 2013

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
12 minutes before the first bomb exploded,#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Govt: "I ask you to focus on where the Richards family is, I ask you to focus on what happens after the explosions" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33s 34 seconds ago
Chakravarty: watch the video again, but pay attention to where the Richard family is.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
The video is horrific, showing Bill Richard grabbing two of his children and trying to get help after the explosion @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
The video remains chilling. We watch in silence.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
The blast, the smoke.
People dragging their bodies away along the sidewalk.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36s 36 seconds ago
We next review the video from witness Colton Kilgore (day 1), showing the chaos from that day. Blood, screaming.
A child cries.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3s 4 seconds ago
Jurors now see another graphic video, blood everywhere, people screaming for help immediately after bombings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 32s 33 seconds ago
People consoling each other, even as they bleed.
"You got this, you're gonna be great."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 39s 40 seconds ago
Chakravarty lets jury dwell for awhile on the blinding Forum bomb and the horrifying aftermath. #Tsarnaev watches, too.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 30 seconds ago
Survivors in court are comforting each other as this video plays loudly right in front of them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48s 48 seconds ago
I think this is the longest stretch of this video we have watched uninterrupted. It is terribly graphic.
A woman screams, that's my son...

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5s 5 seconds ago
Chakravarty pauses the video, reminding jurors about the testimony they heard about that day.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52s 53 seconds ago
The video stops on a freeze frame of a horrible injury to Rebekah Gregory's left leg @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 30 seconds ago
Jurors see a photo of Krystle Campbell screaming in pain, moments before she died @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 19 seconds ago
Campbell's friend Karen Rand wipes tears from her eyes as Chakravarty recounts her injuries @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 6 seconds ago
Jurors see another graphic photo of Jeff Bauman, his legs gone, lying in shock on the sidewalk @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #975
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Now, a photo of the screaming Krystle Campbell, lying on the sidewalk.
Jurors hear the details of her injuries.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 42s 43 seconds ago
And now a spectator's hastily shot video of Rebekah Gregory with a whole clear through her leg, and a river of bright red blood.#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 28s 29 seconds ago
One of the worst images of the trial, Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs, crawling for all he's worth out of his own bones and blood.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Jurors see another graphic photo of Jeff Bauman, his legs gone, lying in shock on the sidewalk @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
After a terrible photo of Jeff Bauman, we see another pic of #Tsarnaev standing in the crowd behind the Richards.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10s 10 seconds ago
"This is the defendant hiding behind a tree, looming over a row of children."
"These children weren't innocent to him; they were American."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Now the jury is shown another photo of #Tsarnaev directly behind the Richard family as he walks away moments before the bomb went off @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
"It was a heavy bag, the decision must have weighed on him...all the places he could have placed this bomb" - behind kids @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53s 54 seconds ago
Govt: "Jane was 6 years old when the defendant tore the leg from her body" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 22 seconds ago
Govt: Bill Richard said he saw his son Martin through the smoke & knew he was dead @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
The #BostonMarathonBombing cost 17 spectators their limbs.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 20 seconds ago
Govt: Jessica Kensky was a nurse, she said the medical tent looked like soldiers on a war field @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Chakravarty now recalling the testimony of Bill Richard, in which he explained he knew 8 year old Martin was dead immediately.
#Tsarnaev
 
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Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 52s 53 seconds ago
"Jane Richard was 6 years old. The defendant tore her leg from her body." #Tsarnaev twists his beard.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 27 seconds ago
Govt: Lingzi Lu & her friend Danling Zhou chose to go to this American event @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 15 seconds ago
Govt: "Danling thought her friend (Lingzi Lu) was going to make it, she didn't, the defendant killed her too" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43s 43 seconds ago
Lingzi Lu's photo, as she cries on the sidewalk, bleeding is shown.
The Richards are nearby.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13s 13 seconds ago
"The defendant killed her, too."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: #Tsarnaev "bought milk at the Whole Foods, you saw his demeanor, his strut down the aisles" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 32s 33 seconds ago
We now see images of #Tsarnaev buying milk from Whole Foods.
Look at his "demeanor, his strut", Chakravarty says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 12 seconds ago
Govt on #Tsarnaev post-bombing tweets: "'ain't no love in the heart of the city'-why did he choose to post these things at this time?" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Now, #Tsarnaev's tweet: "I'm a stress free kind of guy" after the bombing; AC asks jurors...why would he tweet that?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
After the marathon, AC says, #Tsarnaev went online to learn about how to make pipe bombs.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev was trying to blend in, all while reading Inspire Magazine & listening terrorist lectures @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
Govt: "these were deliberate choices, political choices, he thought his values were more important than anyone else" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
AC now reviews the Inspire Magazine article that jurors heard was used to justify violence against Americans, notes it's like the boat note.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
AC walks right up to #Tsarnaev, points at him, and raises his voice, talking about how the defendant saw this as an "eye for an eye" attack.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
Chakravarty's voice raises "he was making a statement - an eye for an eye!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev appears to be looking at the video screen in front of him showing his texts with Dias Kadyrbayev after FBI press conference @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt: they planned to go to NY, "they brought the gun the defendant acquired from his friend Stephen Silva" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 6m 6 minutes ago
Chakravarty boldly walks up to #Tsarnaev and yells in his face. "These were deliberate choices. These were political choices."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
Chakravaty was just feet in front of #Tsarnaev, glaring at him. It looked like #Tsarnaev was looking back up (hard to say from behind).

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 4m 4 minutes ago
"He was making a statement: An eye for an eye. That's what he read, that's what he said and that's what he did."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
Chakravarty continues, reviewing how the #Tsarnaev brothers' photos were released, sending them on the run.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
"They were going to go to New York to continue setting off bombs" and they brought their gun, he says.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt: you know from surveillance video the #Tsarnaev brothers were driving the Honda, they may have seen Officer Collier parked at MIT @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Court goes quiet again as we watch the video of the #Tsarnaev brothers approach Collier's cruiser and kill him; bicyclist rides by.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Next, the story of Officer Sean Collier, with photos the jury has seen before.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: "this was a purposeful mission they needed that gun...we can't tell who shot officer Collier" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt on Officer Collier's murder: "He was shot between the eyes, they assassinated him" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 37 seconds ago
Govt: "they wanted to use the bombs they had made, they wanted to go out in a blaze of glory" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 12 seconds ago
Govt: "Officer Collier didn't have a chance...the defendant probably heard Officer Collier's last breaths" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48s 49 seconds ago
AC: We don't know for sure which brother assassinated Collier. We know they couldn't get his gun off him though. They failed.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47s 48 seconds ago
"This was a purposeful mission. They needed that gun."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
"They wanted to go out in a blaze of glory."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57s 57 seconds ago
AC: We know Collier's blood was on the defendant's keys, in his Civic; he was shot with the Ruger #Tsarnaev got from Stephen Silva.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12s 12 seconds ago
AC: They didn't get their gun, but they next carjacked Dun Meng, went for gas and money.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38s 39 seconds ago
"Officer Collier didn't have a chance."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Govt on carjacking: "Meng describes them talking together as a team...you saw the defendant go to the ATM, take out money" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 43s 44 seconds ago
Chakravarty plays that haunting video of the #Tsarnaev brothers murdering MIT Officer Sean Collier. "Officer Collier didn't have a chance."

Adam Reilly ‏@reillyadam 4m4 minutes ago
Despite ambiguity, Chakravarty says, Collier's blood found on Dzhokhar's keys. And he was shot with the gun he got from Silva. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49s 49 seconds ago
Govt: "they stop at a gas station the defendant knew very well because his friend Stephen Silva lived across the street" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18s 18 seconds ago
Govt: "they had more bombs & they were going to use them, they were a team, that's how they roll" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 4 seconds ago
Govt: Meng's escape was more than just a minor setback for the #Tsarnaev brothers, they had to go to Watertown to get to the other car @NECN
 
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 11 seconds ago
Govt: "(Watertown) was the brothers' last stand...while one was shooting the other was lighting & throwing bombs" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
AC reviews the carjacking of Dun Meng, his escape, and the quick reaction of Watertown police.

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 1m 1 minute ago
#Tsarnaev, he said, probably felt Collier's dying breath. "That didn't deter him any more than what he saw on Boylston Street deterred him."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 32 seconds ago
Govt: Tamerlan was shooting, so we know the defendant was lighting the fuses on the bombs, at least two of the bombs @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50s 50 seconds ago
AC: We know Tamerlan was throwing the bombs in Laurel Street while Dzhokhar was lighting them, but also threw some.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 39 seconds ago
Govt: the Ruger shot 56 rounds...they were refilling magazines & reloading the gun @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46s 47 seconds ago
AC: They were refilling their magazines, reloading. Each one was doing their part, he says.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4s 5 seconds ago
AC: this defendant was seen by residents on Laurel Street throwing items.
#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 43s 43 seconds ago
A photo of carjack victim Dun Meng on his knees pleading for help at a gas station lingers on jurors' monitors.#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 11 seconds ago
Govt: "Tamerlan at that point was done, he wanted to commit suicide by cop" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 6 seconds ago
AC: Tamerlan " was done. He wantd to commit suicide by cop. He was ready to get to heaven."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 20 seconds ago
AC: but his brother wasn't ready; he jumped in the SUV and "floored it" towards Tamerlan and the police.
#Tsarnaev

Adam Reilly ‏@reillyadam 57s57 seconds ago
Tamerlan, C. says, "wanted to commit suicide by cop. He was ready to get to heaven." But Dzhokhar wasn't. In court, #tsarnaev shifts.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 10 seconds ago
Govt: the defendant had the piece of mind to avoid the gunfire as he was driving at police @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21s 22 seconds ago
AC: at some point during that escape, Dzhokhar was shot.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20s 21 seconds ago
AC: T officer Dic Donohue got shot as well that night, only because of the chain of events that #Tsarnaev began with the carjacking.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 38 seconds ago
Govt: we know at some point the defendant was shot, he was bleeding, Officer Dic Donohue was also shot there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24s 25 seconds ago
AC: #Tsarnaev runs to a boat, but "he could not have imagined" this was where he was going to write his prophetic statements.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18s 18 seconds ago
AC: but first, he trashed his 2 phones.
"He had the presence of mind at that stage to smash those phones beyond recognition."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Govt argues Donohue wouldn't have been shot had the #Tsarnaev brothers not carjacked the Mercedes from Dun Meng @NECN

Jesse Grossi ‏@producerjesse 3m3 minutes ago
Government "Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev floored it.hit the brother dragged him down the street. still had the presence of mind to hide from gunfire"

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5s 5 seconds ago
Govt: "he chose to justify what he did, but even after writing those words...he still was angry" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11s 11 seconds ago
"He pulled out a life preserver...to try to get comfortable" He probably thought he wouldn't survive, so he wrote that declaration.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 6 seconds ago
"He was negotiating the terms of death with America."

Adam Reilly ‏@reillyadam 51s51 seconds ago
"Stop killing our people," Dzhokhar scrawled on wood in boat, "and we will stop." Then he was done writing. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 41 seconds ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev then carved the main message in the boat slats: "he was negotiating the terms of death with America" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34s 34 seconds ago
AC: Both brothers were radicalized against America. They carried music and speeches and videos with them.
#Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 18s 19 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev lay in The Slipaway II "probably thinking he wouldn't survive."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53s 53 seconds ago
Chakravarty argues both #Tsarnaev brothers were radicalized, Dzhokhar beginning around Christmas 2012 @NECN

dam Reilly ‏@reillyadam 2m2 minutes ago
My $.02: for defense, Dzhokhar's too-cool-for-school demeanor after the bombings is a problem that can't be overstated. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42s 43 seconds ago
Govt: "who knew making a bomb was so easy, the publishers of Inspire Magazine knew" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54s 55 seconds ago
"Unlike Tamerlan, the defendant had led a double life. He was careful, just like Inspire Magazine had taught him to be."

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 23s 24 seconds ago
But with all #Tsarnaev could have done with his last hours on earth, "He chose to justify what he did."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 36 seconds ago
Govt: Inspire Mag publishers "just waiting for some young terrorist to come along & make them (the bombs)" @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31s 31 seconds ago
Govt: "the brothers prepared for their attack, they also coordinated with each other" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59s 59 seconds ago
AC: The defendant used to visit the Norfolk Street apt., where some bomb making materials were in the bedroom he slept in the weekend before

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 39 seconds ago
Govt says Tamerlan likely bought the pressure cookers from Macy's but he was texting Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
AC: The brothers prepared & coordinated "as partners do."
Tamerlan probably bought the pressure cookers, but talked to Dzhokhar all that day

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58s 58 seconds ago
AC: Tamerlan bought the BBs, maybe, but a box of them was found in Dzhokhar's dorm room. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47s 47 seconds ago
AC: "They each had their roles."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 6 seconds ago
AC: "This defendant had done his job well" by getting the Ruger P95 that they'd use in all their crimes, incl. murder of Officer Collier.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55s 55 seconds ago
Govt reads Dzhokhar's 4/7/13 tweet: "If you have the knowledge & the inspiration all that's left is to take action" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 39 seconds ago
Govt: "without this gun they wouldn't have been able to shoot police officers in Watertown, the defendant did his job well" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 46 seconds ago
Govt: "you've seen other evidence of the defendant's double life" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 6 seconds ago
Govt argues Dzhokhar's friends did not know his "jihadi side" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Govt: "even after his brother left for Russia the defendant was accessing jihadi materials" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
AC: the brothers "were imagining police officers" when they were at that NH firing range, since that's who they later shot at.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt: the defendant had completely internalized Anwar Al Awlaki's message @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
AC: This defendant spent his hidden life in his bedroom, descending into violence and jihad. He got "the stuff" and he acted on it.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
AC: The defendant would put on his headphones and "lose himself" in the music and chanting and speeches of jihad, all without his brother.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4m 4 minutes ago
AC: "Justice for them meant to become a holy warrior."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3m 3 minutes ago
AC: #Tsarnaev was at the 2012 marathon, a year before the bombs, at which point he had already internalized all the jihadi philosophy.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
AC shows jurors texts from 2012, he says #Tsarnaev is already talking about jihad and the need to avenge what he sees as wrongs.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 31s 31 seconds ago
AC: The defendant created an alternate personality online, talking about infidels and Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki (his 2nd Twitter account).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt shows Dzhokhar's texts in December & January where #Tsarnaev talks about having "a plan" & wanting to attain Jannah @NECN

Adam Reilly ‏@reillyadam 48s48 seconds ago
C. now dwelling, at length, on Dzhokhar's second, pseudonymous Twitter account, where he let his inner jihadi run free. #tsarnaev

Jesse Grossi ‏@producerjesse 33s33 seconds ago
Government: Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev attended 2012 marathon, a year before bombings, at that point he had internalized jihadi materials

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48s 48 seconds ago
Govt: "these are the choices he made, that's why we're here" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
AC telling a tale of #Tsarnaev returning to the comfort of his headphones and his weed and his music...ending in his radicalization

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
AC: The verdict slip is long, but don't be intimidated. Many charges overlap and interrelate. There's really only 6 charges.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12s 12 seconds ago
Chakravarty offers up a 3-column chart, suggesting there is an easy way for jurors to "compartmentalize" the complex charges.
#Tsarnaev
 
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: "the agreement was with the defendant and his brother" to set off bombs along the Boston marathon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Jurors are now seeing a chart showing the charges grouped together @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
"It doesn't matter who pulled the trigger. Both the defendant and his brother are equally guilty," Chakravarty says again, of Collier murder

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58s 59 seconds ago
AC: "The defendant and his brother teamed up to terrorize the region"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6s 7 seconds ago
AC: "This was the result of the defendant's choice...choices he was proud of."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 30 seconds ago
Govt: defendant & his brother teamed up to terrorize...by the end they had murdered 4 people, maimed 17 & injured 240 others @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 3m 3 minutes ago
Though the verdict slip is long - 30 charges - Chakravarty says it's all one "terrorist conspiracy."#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35s 35 seconds ago
AC goes to a video montage of images - some of #Tsarnaev, some of victims bleeding, with chanting "nasheed" music playing underneath.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13s 13 seconds ago
Jurors see a series of images including Dzhokhar pointing to a black flag with a Nasheed playing in the background @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 12 seconds ago
Govt then stops the music & in silence shows photos of the injured and dying @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34s 34 seconds ago
Music ends, but photo after photo continues: blood, BBs, pressure cooker, the note, crying victims.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 9 seconds ago
Jurors are now seeing smiling photos of the 4 who were killed while Chakravarty describes their devastating injuries @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Chakravarty now shows pictures of each of the 4 killed, slowly detailing their injuries.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19s 19 seconds ago
AC:
"This was a cold, calculated terrorist act. It was bloodthirsty."
 
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: "There is nothing about this day that was a twist of fate, this was a cold, calculated terrorist attack" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 46 seconds ago
Govt: "the Richard family happened to cross the defendant's path that day and he made them pay" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 26s 26 seconds ago
AC: The defendant made the Richard family pay, he was there to punish them for America's sins.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 27 seconds ago
Govt ends with: "Now is the time to hold him responsible, for each of the charges against the defendant!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, is the time to hold him accountable."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
Chakravarty ends, judge announces lunch recess.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Judge O'Toole says we will take the lunch break before the defense begins its closing argument @NECN #Tsarnaev

Laurel J. Sweet @Laurel_Sweet · 23s 24 seconds ago
The government's closing clocks in at 1 hour, 20 minutes.#Tsarnaev
 
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