Terrorist Attack at Boston Marathon #9 One Suspect Dead; One in Custody

[PoirotryInMotion]

DT defense team gets a boost:

BOSTON – The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has managed to get life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

The appointment of Clarke, based in San Diego, Calif., was approved Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler. ...

Clarke’s clients have included the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski; Susan Smith, who drowned her two children; Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph; and most recently Tucson, Ariz., shooter Jared Loughner. All received life sentences instead of the death penalty.


http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/04/prominent_death_penalty_lawyer.html

 

[Just K]

Are US citizens paying for these high-powered attorneys or are they doing this pro-bono?

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Are US citizens paying for these high-powered attorneys or are they doing this pro-bono?

I'm pretty sure it's pro bono; the only time he spoke when in the hospital (initially) was when asked if he could afford an atty. He said "no."

 

[SophieRose]

Daily Mail has a picture of KRT taken today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-bombers-widow-sample-DNA-woman-devices.html

 

[Elainera]

Are US citizens paying for these high-powered attorneys or are they doing this pro-bono?

Anderson Cooper just asked the question to one of the experts he interviewed, the answer was "Uncle Sam".

 

[Isabelle]

Great link! Here's an excerpt from the forensics one:



Makes me want to take a shower, lol.

LOL, with a loofa!

 

[mysterious minds]

The informant was paid $50,000 by the FBI for his efforts, while hiding a heroin addiction from his handlers.

How the FBI in Boston May Have Pursued the Wrong "Terrorist"


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/fbi-boston-tamerlan-tsarnaev-sting-operations


Kept picturing Bubbles from The Wire when I read that article, but he was always spot on with his hats

 

[Isabelle]

Autopsy results apparently won't be released until KT claims the body:

Wonder what happens if she does not claim the body, and no one else does?

 

[mysterious minds]

Daily Mail has a picture of KRT taken today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-bombers-widow-sample-DNA-woman-devices.html

I love her $110 Dansko shoes.

 

[Isabelle]

Hee!

Now I'm scared of my own pressure cooker - thanks guys! Seriously though I've never had an accident with it - it has a vent hole, so I've always felt pretty safe. Until now...

As far as DNA, yep, your DNA is in your skin cells and a lot of other cells you might leave without being injured - not just blood. I'm assuming the investigators are already taking into account that a lot of the bomb parts were spread out over a lot of blood, skin, bone and other human substances, so for them to be publicizing a possible connection (if they are, and if this is not a media creation) then my guess is they found it on something internal that had blown clear of most of the victims? There's no way they could eliminate all the folks at the marathon, so if this is a real lead then it must be in a place that was not "contaminated" by the victims.

True, I hadn't thought of the other pressure cooker bombs, however many there were. I can't see trying to isolate DNA from pieces and parts from the actual bomb scene, since all of it would have been most likely contaminated by more than one victim.

 

[Just K]

Anderson Cooper just asked the question to one of the experts he interviewed, the answer was "Uncle Sam".

Ugh!!! The average person, who commits a felony, that does not rise to this level of media attention, and who has no money would never have a high powered attorney. There had better be a cap...some figure that any regular Joe/Jane would be afforded!!!!

 

[Isabelle]

I love her $110 Dansko shoes.

The dark ones? I thought they might be Dansko, but saw some like it on ebay today and I think they were Skechers (not positive, but they weren't Dansko).

 

[Isabelle]

Ugh!!! The average person, who commits a felony, that does not rise to this level of media attention, and who has no money would never have a high powered attorney. There had better be a cap...some figure that any regular Joe/Jane would be afforded!!!!

Also, I am all for revoking citizenship and treating him like a prisoner of war!

 

[CARIIS]

Autopsy results apparently won't be released until KT claims the body:

IMO, in this instance this is just silly.................

 

[Isabelle]

If his lawyer saves him from the death penalty, then we pay his way for the rest of his life! Sickening!

 

[CARIIS]

Also, I am all for revoking citizenship and treating him like a prisoner of war!

I vote this is a gold mine for the lawyer!

 

[Just K]

I love her $110 Dansko shoes.

Yes, she does have quite the collection of shoes and bags, doesn't she? These are the types of little extras that folks on a tight budget typically forgo.

 

[mysterious minds]

Those sure look like the common port wine colored Danskos to me. Two of my friends each have a pair. Could be wrong.

 

[Isabelle]

Yes, she does have quite the collection of shoes and bags, doesn't she? These are the types of little exras that folks on a tight budget typically forgo.

Agree. Recently bought a $200+ purse, hand painted with koi and waterlilies and am agonizing over it now, planning to send it back. I have never, ever bought anything like that. Could be he didn't really know what her income was?

 

[mysteriew]

JMOHO, but I think the reverse is true. Decide if the evidence is important and causally connected enough to be incriminating, then take samples and match them to a 'suspect.' If they think the evidence is incriminating, they shouldn't discriminate, then, as to whether or not any person they've sampled who'd come in contact with the pressure cooker is suspicious enough or connected enough to the case to be named a suspect. That's fact-finding in reverse.

In other words, if they take DNA samples of KT and there is no match, but then they get a match from a saleslady at Macy's...does that 'prove' the saleslady helped make the bomb--or just that she'd come in contact with said pressure cooker?

BBM

It is enough to bring her in for questioning. To see when she last saw the item, who else was present, what was going on. No not enough to charge her, but enough to begin an investigation on her if her answers didn't satisfy them.



As far as the wife, wouldn't she have to go in if LE requested that she do so? Or risk obstruction of justice charges? She may answer a bunch of questions if her attorney deemed they were detrimental to her, but I thought she could be required to go in.?.?