Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Tsarnaev Family Members Arrive In Boston

BOSTON (CBS) – Family members of
convicted Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have arrived in
Boston.
Several relatives arrived at Logan
Airport late Thursday afternoon.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of
Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev,
was not among the group of family
members arriving at the airport.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/04/23/tsarnaev-family-members-arrive-in-boston/

Just in time to give evidence in his defense. No surprises Mother Tsarnaeva isn't coming.

I hope to never see her snarl again. She's too much of a coward to come back to the US to face the charges against her even for something she would claim was this important..

 

[rachaellouise]

How convenient she doesn't mention how her precious boy murdered his own brother in the process though, right? [emoji57]


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[Steleheart]

How convenient she doesn't mention how her precious boy murdered his own brother in the process though, right? [emoji57]


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She's the only crazy one actually.
Martyrs, OY. Martyrs don't run away, they run TO. They hijacked a car and were trying to get to NY and escape. Tamerlan was shot and they were cuffing him when the coward DZHOKHAR tried to ram the officers and ran over his brother dragging him down the street.
How to make a mother proud. SMH.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 23
I have this view often; #Tsarnaev engaged in conversation w/ defense lawyers Clarke & Conrad. Credit: Jane Rosenberg

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 23
Bolyston Street, the day after the bombings. Among the debris, the stroller of 3-year-old Leo Woolfenden. #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 23
These came into evidence today; it's the BBs and shrapnel still embedded in Marc Fucarile's body. #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 23
Bombing survivors Marc Fucarile & Heather Abbott sit just steps away from the man who took their legs. #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong retweeted
Beth Germano @BethWBZ · Apr 23
Relatives of Dhokhar Tsarnaev arrive in Boston. Defense begins penalty phase Monday. #wbz@6

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Jim Armstrong retweeted
WBZ Boston News @cbsboston · Apr 23
Developing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's family members, though not his mother, have arrived in Boston. http://cbsloc.al/1aW5HrR

Jim Armstrong retweeted
WBZ Boston News @cbsboston · Apr 23
Jury hears audio from bombing scene, prosecution rests in penalty phase of Tsarnaev trial @JimArmstrongWBZ reports http://cbsloc.al/1EjOEvH

 

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Jim Armstrong retweeted
WBZ Boston News @cbsboston · Apr 24
Bombing survivor Heather Abbott: "Another chapter closed" after testifying against Tsarnaev. http://cbsloc.al/1OOwV14

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 24
Revere PD & Hampton Inn mgmt just asked to meet w/ media. Seems #Tsarnaev family staying here is bad 4 business.

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 24
Hotel apparently had a couple "pranksters" from a local radio station sneak in to find the family's rooms. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 24
Revere Hampton Inn mgmt says other guests have been canceling their visits since learning #Tsarnaev family members are staying here.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 24
Revere PD told us they only learned the #Tsarnaev family was staying here last night; chief says FBI is in charge.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 24
Correction: Revere police learned yesterday, not last night, that the family was staying here.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
I'm at federal court where the defense will begin with an opening statement & testimony in the penalty phase of the #Tsarnaev trial @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Waiting to be allowed into #Tsarnaev courtroom for day 1 of his defense. His legal team deferred its opening statement until today.

lysha Palumbo retweeted
Sean Colahan @SeanColahan · 3h 3 hours ago
Longer line outside #MoakleyCourthouse 4 public 2 get in 2c #TsarnaevTrial. Live tweets inside by @AlyshaNECN. @NECN

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
“@Lisa081462: @SeanColahan @AlyshaNECN @NECN Is there any sigh of his family?” Not yet, but that doesn't mean they're not here

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Seated in courtroom 9; it's filling up with lawyers and spectators. Lots of new faces, ppl eager to see/hear the #Tsarnaev defense strategy.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
.@dangelakis The defense witness list remains sealed, so we don't know who or when. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
As we await #Tsarnaev's entrance, the judge's clerk summons all the lawyers into the judge's chambers. So, we wait.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The attorneys have just been called back to judge's chambers before we begin for the day @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
We're expecting the defense to present mitigating evidence in this phase - Tamerlan's influence, Dzhokhar's age, etc. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev team will tell jurors about "mitigating factors", likely his age, his home life, being an immigrant, and his overbearing brother.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors & #Tsarnaev remain out of the courtroom as we wait...

There's a 2nd chair on witness stand, likely for a translator.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
“@NBC10_Adam:An interpreter is in court for #Tsarnaev witnesses. He was told some witnesses MAY or MAY NOT use him. He's here just in case.”

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
.@Maura1362 I don't know; I assume so. Though I don't see anyone who appears to be a family member in court right now.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense attorney Tim Watkins returns from judge's chambers, grabs his laptop & goes back in. So we continue to wait @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge's mtg w/ lawyers ends.
Defense attorneys still getting ready, prepping computers & video monitors. Lg TV screen in front of jury box.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The attorneys returned from judge's chambers, several continued right out of the courtroom. Still not starting yet @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev enters; tight blue V-neck shirt, black suit jacket. Hair hasn't been cut, but he's shaving sides of his beard now; still a goatee.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
The chatty courtroom goes completely silent as he walks in.
Now we wait for judge and jurors to enter.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev is in court as his attorneys prepare to defend his life. The courtroom instantly quiets down @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev talks with defense attorneys Judy Clarke & Miriam Conrad as we await the judge & jury @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The judge & jury are in court now, as the day begins more than an hour later than scheduled @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Judge and jury come in.
Judge apologizes for delay, confirms jurors haven't been talking/reading about case.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
David Bruck will deliver the #Tsarnaev legal team's opening statements.
Jurors are instructed to ready their video screens.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge says David Bruck will present the opening for the penalty phase for the defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "you've now seen more pain & more horror & more grief in this courtroom than any of you would have thought possible" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "We've now seen more pain and more horror and more grief in this courtroom than any of you would have thought possible."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "It now falls to you to to decide what is the best and the most appropriate punishment."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: there are only 2 punishments for you to choose from - death or life without the possibly of parole @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck "The law never requires you to vote for death."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "Whether you vote for death is up to each one of you."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck:it was your duty to vote guilty you were required to vote guilty because the evidence proved beyond a reasonable doubt @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: but the death penalty doesn't work that way @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: we're asking you to punish Dzhokhar by giving him life in prison @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "We are asking you to punish Jahar by imprisoning him for the rest of his life."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: The choice is between "death, or a lifetime of unrelenting punishment..."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "There's no point in trying to hurt him as he hurt, because it can't be done. All you can do...is make the best choice."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: you've all probably realized by now that no punishment could ever be equal to the terrible crimes & deaths @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "One punishment is over quickly...the other will last for years and decades while he is locked away."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says death is quick but means more media attention & notoriety @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: if you sentence him to life, this is where he'll be (showing the supermax prison where he could end up) @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck shows jurors a photo of the supermax facility in Florence, CO, telling them this is where #Tsarnaev will go for a life term.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck shows a photo from wintertime; it's a desolate, barren, frozen white landscape, like a movie set.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: If #Tsarnaev goes here, he will be "safely and securely" locked away. He'll go here and be forgotten; no more spotlight.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: we'll let you see how the govt can assure how Dzhokhar can be locked up & never be heard from again @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: his legal case will be over for good...just years & years of punishment day after day @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: if you sentence #Tsarnaev to death, he will grow up "to face the lonely struggle" ahead while "society is protected" from him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: if Tamerlan hadn't been in the picture would Dzhokhar have done this on his own? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck also calls Dzhokhar "Tamerlan #Tsarnaev's older brother".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors look intently at Bruck as he speaks; #Tsarnaev himself has his head down.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "If Tamerlan hadn't been in the picture, would Jahar have done this on his own?"
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Tamerlan's motivation to commit this attack was so much stronger & had existed much longer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Tamerlan's personality was so much stronger, Tamerlan had power over Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Once #Tsarnaev decided to follow his older brother, "he was all-in".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: we will start today w/ some of the people who encountered Tamerlan in the months before the bombings. They may be scared to testify.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: witnesses will be from the Cambridge mosque where Tamerlan had an outburst; He also picked fights on the street w/ ppl re: religion.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck tells jurors they'll hear how Tamerlan interrupted a sermon twice at the Cambridge mosque @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says jurors will hear how Tamerlan got in fights with people on the street, began wearing flowing robes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says relatives who have come here from Russian will tell how Tamerlan seemed to them when he visited in Jan 2012 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: In Jan., 2012, Tamerlan left wife and baby to join radicals in Russia.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says relatives who have come here from Russian will tell how Tamerlan seemed to them when he visited in Jan 2012 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Relatives who have come here from Russia will tell you, with a translator, what Tamerlan was like on that jihadi recon trip.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: you'll have to reconstruct who Tamerlan...he had already been planning to wage jihad in Russia when Dzhokhar was 17 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Tamerlan was already planning to wage jihadi battles in Russia while Dzhokhar was a 17 year old high school senior.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: we will be reading a lot of testimony together, from witnesses who cannot be here.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says that's only part of the story, "because you were not seeing it in context" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: in the 1st phase, you heard a lot about what was on Dzhokhar's computer. Now, we will show you what was on Tamerlan's.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "Dzhokhar's internet activity was just a faint echo of Tamerlan's" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "The picture looks very different" once you see what Tamerlan's computer held; he was obsessed, consumed with jihad.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "we all know that younger brothers tend to look up to older brothers...this was especially true here" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Tamerlan was the impulse behind the Boston Marathon bombings; the fanatical emotions and ideology behind it.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: You must also consider the culture into which #Tsarnaev was born, and his particular family.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 60m 60 minutes ago
Bruck shows jurors a world map, explaining where the #Tsarnaev family originates in southern Russia, its proximity to the middle east.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 60m 60 minutes ago
Bruck pulls up a map of Russia, shows Chechnya & Dagestan - says Dzhokhar grew up near Kyrgyzstan @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[atthelake]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · Apr 23
These came into evidence today; it's the BBs and shrapnel still embedded in Marc Fucarile's body. #Tsarnaev

:thud:

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says jurors will learn about what has happened in Chechnya over the past 20 years @NECN #Tsarnaev


Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck showed a wider version of the map, pinpointing certain locations, also zooming out to show Massachusetts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: we will bring in an expert professor from Princeton who will explain who the Chechen people are, their culture, etc.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: In families like this, the older brother holds tremendous power.
Professor Reynolds will also explain Chechnya's war-torn history.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Dzhokhar did not defy Tamerlan to his face, not ever @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "Dzhokhar could and did try to get around Tamerlan", including with his pot-smoking and his own friends.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "Dzhokhar did not defy Tamerlan to his face."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says Dzhokhar hid his pot smoking from Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck begins explaining Dzhokhar's family to the jury, mentions his father & mother @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says Dzhokhar's parents met in Siberia as teenagers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says the family of Anzor #Tsarnaev did not accept Zubeidat - The couple had 4 kids @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck's opening is very soft-spoken, calm, professorial. Some of it is a little hard to hear.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Tamerlan's voice, via recordings he made, will also be played during this phase, Bruck tells the jury.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: You must also consider Stalin's mass-deportation of the Chechen people, which affected #Tsarnaev's parents.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: #Tsarnaev's father and mother had a complicated relationship; his family rejected her. This caused a lot of heartache, travels.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: #Tsarnaev's parents lived "a nomadic life" with unrealistic hopes and a lifetime of failures, their 4 small children in tow.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck shows a map illustrating how often the family moved early on & how far they would move each time @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The map shows at least a dozen moves throughout the region @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Both of #Tsarnaev's parents were eventually diagnosed with "serious mental illness".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says in 2002 the family decided to move to the U.S., but Anzor had trouble here @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says Anzor #Tsarnaev had physical & mental issues, while Zubeidat alienated the Chechen population & began radicalizing @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: #Tsarnaev's father was so ill, he received SSI once in the US.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: With their dad too sick, Tamerlan took over the role of leader of his family. Their mom turned to fundamentalist religion.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: #Tsarnaev's mother's own family was and is "mystified" by the changes in her life; Tamerlan became the hope for the family.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says Tamerlan took over his father's role as man of the house, while his mom started radicalizing him @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59m 59 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev sits at defense table, head resting in his hand, as Bruck paints a tragic, chaotic picture of his family @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Tamerlan was going to become a famous boxer, a lawyer, a dentist, a Harvard student, according to his mother.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Dzhokhar grew up in a unrealistic atmosphere, full of unrealistic expectation and disappointment.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
(I often wonder what's going thru #Tsarnaev's mind, never more than now, as his own defense lawyer tears apart everyone in his family.)

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: As #Tsarnaev goes to college, both his parents return to Russia under duress and he's left with Tamerlan as his only guide.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck explains by the time Dzhokhar was 19 both his parents had left the U.S. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Dzhokhar was "loved by his teachers and appreciated by his friends. He did well in school."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: You will hear from #Tsarnaev's classmates in high school and college about what he was like then; it'll be hard for them to be here.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: when people who knew Tamerlan heard he bombed the marathon, it kind of fit @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: You can't find anyone to say such nice things about Tamerlan; everyone liked Dzhokhar.

"He was a good kid."

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says Dzhokhar was a good kid, jurors will learn about his childhood @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 60m 60 minutes ago
Bruck describes Dzhokhar as "a lost teenager with very little motivation to do anything on his own" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Govt. will tell you the "good" Dzhokhar was "fake". When he start faking? "When he was 8"?
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Jahar was a lost teenager, raised all his life to take direction from the most powerful adult in his life, Tamerlan.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 60m 60 minutes ago
Bruck reminds jurors of their shock at the middle finger photo of Dzhokhar, says a day later it was put in context @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: remember that still photo of #Tsarnaev with his middle finger?
"I could almost hear you gasp," Bruck tells jury.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: The govt put that terrible photo among the beautiful images of the victims, & it took us a whole day to fight to get you to see more.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: now you know, #Tsarnaev's middle finger gesture was just a split second, he was making faces at himself.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "he was acting like an immature 19yo," says he had been shot in the face, that's why his expression was twisted @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: #Tsarnaev has no sneer; you'll hear how he was shot and wounded and that's why he made that face.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Just use that example as proof that you need "context" to be able to evaluate anything.
"You have to know the context."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says that photo proves you can't take anything at face value, especially when deciding on life or death @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck shows more photos from the Colorado supermax prison where #Tsarnaev could end up @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says there will be no publicity for #Tsarnaev in prison, a cell with a camera trained on him @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: We will tell you more about where #Tsarnaev will go - The prison where "the government keeps other terrorists who used to be famous."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: when #Tsarnaev goes to this prison, "there will be no nothing", no jailhouse interview, no autobiography; he'll be cut off forever.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: send him here (supermax in CO), you will punish him and protect society.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: We will also bring in an expert to talk about the human brain and how the adolescent mind matures; the law even recognizes this.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: #Tsarnaev was just "21 months past his 18th birthday", and we don't sentence people under 18 to the death penalty.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "he was still at an age too young to buy a beer, an age where people make terribly self-destructive decisions" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck says experts will come in to explain how an adolescent brain works, how Dzhokhar may have been different than an adult @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: nothing you're going to hear will suggest...that he didn't know what he was doing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: You will have to decide how much to weigh his youth as a mitigating factor against death penalty.
All teens are impulsive, he says.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Teens are like cars with powerful engines and faulty brakes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Dzhokhar could have controlled himself, yes, and he knew what he was doing. But he was, still, only 19.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "as awful as this crime was, a lifetime in prison faced with what he has done is the better choice" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck ends, telling jurors life in prison suits this crime.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The first defense witness is 46yo Laith Albehacy, who was subpoenaed to be here. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense calls its first witness, Leith Al-Behacy, who is under subpoena. Did not want to be here.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy runs a grocery 2 blocks away from the Cambridge mosque; Tamerlan goes there hours after marathon bombings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy came to the U.S. in 2008, he manages a store 2 blocks away from the mosque in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says on the afternoon of 4/15/13 Tamerlan #Tsarnaev came into his store @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
On 4/15/13, he says Tamerlan came into his market, grabbed some cookies. Says he hadn't heard about marathon.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy: "I told him, you heard about the marathon bombing?" he said no, I said "so you're not the one who did it?" No @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy joked, oh, so you're not the one who did it?
Tamerlan said no.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: When Tamerlan would shake your hand, you knew he was "proud of his muscles", wants you to know he's a big guy.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says Tamerlan would come into his store every so often, they would talk about their children who were the same age @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says Tamerlan was tall, had big muscles, would carry himself so people would seen how big he was @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fall, 2012, Al-Behacy was at the mosque when Tamerlan erupted.
The imam was encouraging people to vote in presidential election.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says he was in the mosque when Tamerlan stood up & loudly called the a Imam a hypocrite @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Tamerlan stood to advocate against people in the mosque voting; he screamed at the imam, calling him a hypocrite in Arabic.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says he also witnessed Tamerlan's 2nd outburst in the mosque @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: Tamerlan often used a loud voice, was intimidating with his muscles, stature.
Then, in Jan., 2013, another outburst.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: The imam was praising MLK Day, comparing Dr. King to the prophet Mohommad.
Tamerlan stood up to shout again-angry over comparison

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says Tamerlan got upset when the Imam compared the prophet Mohammed to Martin Luther King @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Tamerlan was essentially shouted out of the mosque by others.
That's it; govt will cross examine

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense is done with direct questioning of Albehacy, govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says Tamerlan bought cookies & chocolate shortly after the marathon bombing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: Tamerlan had been in the grocery before, once with his baby girl, always pleasant. Bought chocolate for the baby often.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: I have never met the defendant before in my life; I didn't see him in a car on the day of the bombing when Tamerlan came in.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Chakravarty gets Albehacy to agree that the Whole Foods store is near his market in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says he never met Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev before @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says when Tamerlan interrupted the Imam, he was loud & rude @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: It is unusual for someone to confront the imam in a mosque; I had never seen Tamerlan been so loud before.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Al-Behacy: Both Tamerlan's rudeness and the substance of what he was saying was upsetting. It was the same imam he interrupted both times.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Albehacy says on cross examination that he did not talk to Tamerlan about the outbursts afterwards @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt is done with cross examination, Albehacy is excused & we are taking morning break @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
The witness is excused; morning recess begins.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44m 44 minutes ago
“@MrSeanMSweeney: @AlyshaNECN Did the defense say how many witnesses it would call?” They have not said publicly

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev is back in courtroom 9 as we wrap up the morning break @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The judge & jury are back in the courtroom @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The defense's next witness is Loay Assaf with the Muslim American Society @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense calls Loay Assaf, who has been a visiting imam at local mosques.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf often speaks at the Islamic Society of Boston, in Cambridge on idea of integrating Muslim community in American society.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf travels to different mosques to give speeches @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf is a visiting Imam at the mosque in Cambridge every third Friday @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf was the imam who was preaching when Tamerlan #Tsarnaev had his 1st outburst in late 2012.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf was at the Cambridge mosque both times that Tamerlan had an outburst @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says his theme is often integrating into American society @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf was preaching that day, advocating for immigrant Muslims to celebrate Thanksgiving, to assimilate, when Tamerlan stands & shouts.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"This is not Islamic, this is wrong, you should not say that!" Assaf says Tamerlan screamed. He let Tamerlan speak.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says of Tamerlan "He was shouting at me & so angry & fired up, shouting at me, 'this is not Islamic, this is wrong!'" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says Tamerlan left & returned after the sermon. Assaf hoped to have a dialogue with him, but he kept repeating himself @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf: Tamerlan left, then others consoled me, saying what he was screaming wasn't normal for that mosque.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf & Tamerlan had brief conversation afterwards, in which he says Tamerlan told him he wants to see in Quran where ppl should assimilate.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says these sermons are not supposed to be interrupted, says distractions void your prayer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf: it is very rare for someone to interrupt an imam; it had never happened in my career before Tamerlan did it. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf: I went back to that mosque in Jan '13 near MLK day; I highlighted Dr. King's achievements; comparing to great ppl like the prophet.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says the 2nd outburst was the 3rd Friday in Jan 2013, as his sermon made parallels between MLK & prophet Mohammed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says of Tamerlan "You can see his face like tomato red, shouting 'this is wrong, I remember you from last time!'" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf: again, Tamerlan was "fired up, very hot, you can see his face kind of like tomato red. It was a fighting stance."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says Tamerlan had a boxer's stance, pointing at Assaf. Others in mosque told him to shut up, sit down; he eventually left.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf: next time I saw Tamerlan was on TV.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense is done with direct. Govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Cross-examination for Assaf:

Did Tamerlan persuade you when you spoke?
- No.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf says Tamerlan was more emotional than rational in his arguments, kept repeating the same things @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf: I felt Tamerlan was empty, had a basic understanding, more emotional than fact-based.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Assaf is done.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Cross examination is done, Assaf is excused. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next defense witness is 32yo Abderrazak Razak, he works at a Middle Eastern food store in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Next witness requires an interpreter, we are told.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Witness is Abderrazak Razak; his English is very good.
"I'm not stupid in English he says."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak explains he thinks this is a serious matter, so he wanted an interpreter, just in case there is a concern. But his English is great.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak worked as a clerk in a food store in which Tamerlan shopped in Fall of 2012.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak says Tamerlan was a customer 3 or 5 times, he had an outburst in November 2012 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak: I saw Tamerlan near Thanksgiving; we had a sign in the window that we sold Halal turkey. Tamerlan asked me why

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak: Tamerlan yelled at me and said it was wrong to sell turkeys; it's not right. Tamerlan was making hand gestures, pointing, angry.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak says he was selling turkeys for Thanksgiving & Tamerlan came in & said "this is not right!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak: "he was so nervous & spoke very loudly using hand gestures & said 'you shouldn't be selling this, it's not right!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Razak: Halal meat is slaughtered in accordance with our Islamic traditions, but Tamerlan was still unhappy.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense is done with direct. Govt does brief cross @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt gets Razak to admit he never saw Dzhokhar & didn't really know Tamerlan beyond being an occasional customer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
- You only saw Tamerlan 3 or 4 times?
- Yes.
- Didn't know his name?
- No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
You never met his brother? You know nothing about him?

No.

No further questions.

#Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Next witness: Robert Barnes.
From Cambridge, he went to Rindge and Latin School, then Boston College.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Barnes says he graduated HS a year ahead of Dzhokhar, they played soccer together, he says they were "acquaintances" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Barnes graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin in 2010; he was an "acquaintance" of #Tsarnaev. They played soccer together.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev does not look up to watch his former high school friend testify.
"He was a good wrestler," Barnes says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Barnes says he knew that Dzhokhar was a good wrestler @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar doesn't appear to be looking over at his former HS friend @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Barnes looks very nervous, looking down a lot, explains his circle of friends @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Barnes lists all the friends he and #Tsarnaev have/had in common.
He also knew Tamerlan.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Barnes says he was high a lot at his friend's house, he imagines Tamerlan got high there too @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Barnes: I can't recall if Tamerlan got high at parties we were at together, but I imagine he must have.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Barnes: Tamerlan "was a big guy, pretty large in stature. I knew that he was a boxer...a pretty successful boxer."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Barnes describes Tamerlan as a loud guy, says he knew he was a successful boxer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
Barnes says they were talking about weightlifting & Tamerlan held a heavy chair out in front of him to show his strength @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Barnes: Tamerlan was outgoing, personable, joked often.
He would show off how strong he was.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57m 57 minutes ago
Barnes: Dzhokhar wasn't a bully, was less outgoing than his older brother.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57m 57 minutes ago
Barnes: Tamerlan once greeted me "with friendly punches to the chest"; it hurt more than I expected it to.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
Barnes explains a time where Tamerlan greeted him by giving him a playful punch, says it really hurt @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
Barnes is giving this testimony with a green cast on his left wrist @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56m 56 minutes ago
Barnes says he learned Tamerlan had gotten married, that he had visited Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56m 56 minutes ago
Barnes: Dec., 2012, I was a junior at BC.
I saw Tamerlan then at Angelo's Pizza on Broadway in Cambridge.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54m 54 minutes ago
Barnes: I spoke with Tamerlan.
T said he's stopped hanging out with Cambridge friends b/c they were smoking/drinking too much.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Barnes says he ran into Tamerlan at Angelo's Pizza in Cambridge in December 2012 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Barnes says he sat down with Tamerlan, they chatted, Tamerlan says he didn't hang out with their mutual friends anymore @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
Barnes says Tamerlan said he no longer drank or smoked. Barnes noticed he had a long beard & robe @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
Barnes says Tamerlan began talking to him about religion & was critical of American foreign policy @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54m 54 minutes ago
Barnes: Tamerlan had grown a beard, was wearing what looked like a robe. He started talking about his religion,criticized US foreign policy.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53m 53 minutes ago
Barnes: I didn't bring any of that up, Tamerlan wanted to talk about all that. He was very passionate, spoke "emphatically".
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Barnes says Tamerlan was relating things that the U.S. had done to religion @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Barnes says another HS friend came into the pizza shop, said hi to him & not Tamerlan, says Tamerlan took offense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53m 53 minutes ago
Barnes: At some point, another guy comes in; he's a former German exchange student. The guy greets Barnes, not Tamerlan. T is angry.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Barnes: The German overheard our conversation, he stands up and challenges Tamerlan's statements re: US foreign policy.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Barnes says the HS friend heard parts of their conversation & began challenging what Tamerlan was saying @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Barnes says his HS friend said Tamerlan's religion didn't respect women, Tamerlan got up & got in his face, poking him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Barnes: the german guy, Albrecht, says in Islam, women aren't treated well.
This angers Tamerlan, who gets "up in Albrecht's face".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Barnes: Tamerlan started poking Albrecht in the chest and he was scared, asking him to stop.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
Barnes: They went outside and continued to argue; I followed because it "was bizarre and interesting". They eventually went their own ways.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Barnes says Tamerlan & his friend went outside & kept arguing another 5-10 minutes before his friend left @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
Barnes says Tamerlan & he chatted again, he told him he couldn't agree with everything Tamerlan was saying @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
Barnes: Albrecht leaves, Tamerlan keeps talking to me about US foreign policy.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Barnes: I am not here voluntarily; I received a subpoena. Otherwise I wouldn't be here.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Barnes says he is not here voluntarily today, received a subpoena to testify @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
Defense is done with direct, government begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
AUSA Weinreb gets Barnes to agree he wasn't friends with Tamerlan, was only acquaintances with Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Barnes admits Tamerlan was considerably older than he was; I wasn't really his friend.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Barnes: "I can tell you what I've told you."
- You weren't intimate friends?
- No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
- You can't tell us anything about the relationship between the #Tsarnaev brothers?
- No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
- You told Tamerlan you disagreed with some of his views at the pizza place?
- Yes
- Did he try to change your mind?
- No.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
Weinreb on the Tamerlan conversation: you told him you didn't agree with him & he didn't get violent with you? Yeah @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Weinreb points out Barnes' HS friend was physically smaller than Tamerlan but he wasn't afraid to challenge him? Yeah @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
- Albrecht challenged Tamerlan, criticized Islam? He was smaller in size but still contradicted Tamerlan?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
- Dzhokhar was also a fighter, right?
- Yes
- he was a leader, a wrestling team captain?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Weinreb gets Barnes to agree Dzhokhar was physically small, but wasn't afraid to challenge those much bigger than him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
- Dzhokhar wasn't easily pushed around?
Barnes: No, I knew him to be a very good wrestler.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Government is done with cross examination. Barnes is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
The next defense witness is Gerald Grant, Jr. who specializes in digital forensics at the federal public defender's office @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
Next witness (we saw him during 1st phase too) is Gerald Grant, computer forensics expert w/ federal public defender's office.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
Grant works out of western NY public defender's office part-time now, but also does independent computer forensics analysis.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Grant also testified for the defense in the guilt phase of the trial @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44m 44 minutes ago
Grant is going over yahoo emails between Dzhokhar & Tamerlan #Tsarnaev @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47m 47 minutes ago
Grant: Dzhokhar's yahoo account contained 5000+ emails; Tamerlan's had 92.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46m 46 minutes ago
Grant says there were 23 emails located between the #Tsarnaev brothers; he is reviewing a "summary chart" of them now on the stand.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
The 1st 2 emails are forwarded emails about cars, with photos of the cars attached. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 41m 41 minutes ago
Grant: 11/1/11 emails from Dzhokhar to Tamerlan; it's forwards talking about a car.
4/23/12: Tamerlan to Dzhokhar; it's a video link

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
Next is an email from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar saying "Watch this, it's interesting" with you tube video @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40m 40 minutes ago
Another email from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar and Tamerlan's wife; it's a link to another youtube video. We are just seeing thumbnails now.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40m 40 minutes ago
Tamerlan sent another email to Dzhokhar & his wife Katherine with another video @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39m 39 minutes ago
Tamerlan sent another email to Dzhokhar saying "I miss you...I can't get through to you no matter how many times I call" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40m 40 minutes ago
Grant shows another email from Dzhokhar to Tamerlan.
"I miss you...hope everything's all right. I can't get through to you" when I call.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 42m 42 minutes ago
4/28/12 email from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar; another youtube link and the line "check this out".
(We are not watching the videos.)

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
Grant shows more emails with links to you tube videos sent from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40m 40 minutes ago
In May 2012, Tamerlan & Dzhokhar sent each other emails taking about Allah @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 41m 41 minutes ago
Email from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar: "We are working on spreading Islam. Ignorance still dominates, but not for too long."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40m 40 minutes ago
5/28/12 email, Dzhokhar to Tamerlan:
Attachments only, copies of a woman's passport

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39m 39 minutes ago
In June 2012, Tamerlan sent an email to Dzhokhar & Katherine "two interesting articles must read" about Bin Laden martyrdom @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38m 38 minutes ago
Grant reviews emails with links about Osama bin Laden (articles, and videos re: Islam), send to Dzhokhar from Tamerlan.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39m 39 minutes ago
Grant says Dzhokhar wrote back, "thanks, it's interesting" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37m 37 minutes ago
In June 2012 Tamerlan sent a couple of YouTube videos that have since been taken down @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36m 36 minutes ago
Defense wants to play one of these videos live off the internet; govt wants them to use the copy they already have in evidence.
Judge agrees

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
The video repeats "we need Allah!" with loud sound effects & graphics @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33m 33 minutes ago
Now jury sees a video Tamerlan sent Dzhokhar that said, "The Day of Judgement, Love Allah" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35m 35 minutes ago
We watch some of the video; Huge letters "ALLAH IS GREAT", music and a man speaking loudly in the background.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30m 30 minutes ago
Grant next takes jury through Tamerlan's YouTube account/homepage; all the videos he shared, channels he subscribed to, etc.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
Grant says he also reviewed Tamerlan's YouTube account, jury is now seeing it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 27m 27 minutes ago
Tamerlan's YouTube shows he enjoyed and consumed a lot of jihadi material; he created a playlist called "Terrorists".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30m 30 minutes ago
Grant says Tamerlan subscribed to the channel "The Merciful Servant" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30m 30 minutes ago
Grant says Tamerlan added videos to a favorites group he labeled "Islam" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27m 27 minutes ago
Correction: Dzhokhar sent Tamerlan an email saying "I miss you...I can't get through to you no matter how many times I call" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Grant also extracted audio files, call log, video contents from Tamerlan's cell phone.
166 contacts in it.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23m 23 minutes ago
As we're about to get a look at Tamerlan's cell phone info, the judge says we'll take the lunch break @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[atthelake]

O/T

10 minute break in the James Holmes case (Aurora theater shooting) and then opening statements. FYI in case you guys didn't have on your calendar.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/aurora-movie-theater-shooting/trial-live is one live stream

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?268818-James-Holmes-Trial-Discussion-Begins-April-27-2015 is WS thread for case.

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ETA: Jurors can submit questions in this state also :happydance: