Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court & we're about to begin. We've made it through 7 jurors so far today. We begin the afternoon with juror 43 @NECN

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
43: Re: global war on terror. "People like to warmonger" he says

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 43: unsure as to #Tsarnaev's guilt/innocence.
"I'm open to hearing the evidence. I think I'm a pretty objective person," he says

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
Juror 43 is the 8th to be interviewed today. He's a biologist who says the "war on terror" is overblown. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 43 says he's aware of Paris terror attacks but hasn't followed it much personally @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 43 says the War on Terror is overblown "people like to war monger, it's good for a lot of industries & businesses" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26s 26 seconds ago
Juror 43 says he's "open to hearing evidence" & "open to forming opinion based on that evidence" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 43: strongly opposes death penalty; would have difficult time imposing it, regardless of facts. #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
juror 43: now says his anti-death penalty stance is not "an absolute position" though he questions whether it's useful.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
juror 43: i could vote for death penalty in "extreme" situations...perhaps.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58s 59 seconds ago
Juror 43 says he doesn't believe in the death penalty but wouldn't say it's an absolute position. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 25 seconds ago
Juror 43: "I could conceive of a situation in which I would go along with it but that situation would have to be extreme" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
"I'm not sure if I have the personal constitution" to hand someone the death penalty, #43 offers. #Tsarnaev

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
Juror 43 is opposed to death penalty. "I question whether that's the right approach." Conditions would have to be extreme. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 20 seconds ago
Prosecutor asks if there's a particular situation in mind in which he could impose the death penalty. Juror 43 says no @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
I'm struck by how many of these jurors are giving thoughtful, deliberative, complex answers to their feelings re: death penalty.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34s 34 seconds ago
Juror 43:"would struggle with" putting someone to death-his voice cracks as he says "I don't know if I could live with that" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 43: i don't know if i could live with my decision to put someone to death...

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
Juror 43 on death penalty: "that's the law, I'm willing to consider the law....I don't know if that's the right law" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Court camera guy asks judge to move his seat closer to juror to so he can "be in the shot". Room laughs. #Tsarnaev does not.

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 46: saw a "thing" about a delay on the #Tsarnaev trial on TV, but says he wasn't really looking for it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
The next juror scheduled for voir dire had to be postponed, possibly because this group was moved from yesterday @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 7 seconds ago
Juror 46 is a man who says he has anxiety issues & takes meds for high blood pressure that makes him dizzy at times @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 46: says he gets "freaked out" when he has to sit a room and he thinks he can't leave. "kind of an anxiety," he says.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 46: maintains athletic fields for a Town; wife sometimes shows him facebook pics but seldom uses.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 46: knows many cops in his town; his son was *supposed to be* near finish line of Marathon, but didn't go.

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
Juror 46 expressed anxiety about being asked to sit in closed spaces. Son was near finish line when bombs exploded. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 46 says he maintains athletic fields for a local town. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59s 59 seconds ago
Juror 46 says his son was nearby the marathon & had been at the finish line & was headed back when bombs went off @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jared Pliner ‏@JaredPliner 24m24 minutes ago
Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev greeted lawyers' by name upon returning from lunch. Back in session

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 38s 38 seconds ago
Juror 46: "I think about that little boy, the 8-year-old, [his parents] lost their son" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 47: struggles w/ English, has trouble following when things move fast. It's his 2nd language; can't understand "some of the words"

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
Questioning of jury 46 ends when he says he thinks about "the little boy..the 8year old." #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
Juror 46 is done. Juror 47 is brought in. He's a man who works on computers. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 47: struggles w/ English, has trouble following when things move fast. It's his 2nd language; can't understand "some of the words"

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
sounds like the language problem will be the end for juror 47.

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
English is not the first language for Juror 47. Lawyers and Judge head into sidebar. #tsarnaev Juror 49 is called.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 47 says English is his 2nd language, has trouble understanding some words, had problem understanding death penalty @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
It sounds like juror 47 was being excused for cause, as agreed to by both sides. Juror 48 is up next. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 49: retired cat-scan technician.
judge: how's retirement
juror: good, so far.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 49: i'm kind of a "news junkie". followed Paris attacks closely.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 22 seconds ago
Juror 48 is a retired CAT scan technician who's a self-described "news junkie" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 49: was nervous when she got her summons; told friends she'd probably get dismissed b/c she doesn't believe in death penalty.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 25 seconds ago
Juror 48 says she can't conceive of any circumstance where she would vote in favor of the death penalty @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34s 34 seconds ago
Sorry for the confusion, apparently the previous juror was #49, it seems they skipped #48. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
juror 49: would never impose death penalty under any circumstance.
she is done with questioning. #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
During sidebars, pool reporters are escorted out of the courtroom to wait in an anteroom. I'm just back from there... it was lovely.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Back from a brief recess, juror 51 is up next. She's a software engineer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51: software engineer who manages data storage; soft-spoken. Like almost all potential jurors, she makes no eye contact w/ #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 20 seconds ago
Juror 51 says her neighbor was the head of the Boston FBI when marathon bombing happened - says never talked to him about it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51: her neighbor is Rick Deslauriers, former FBI special agent in charge here in Boston, was in charge during/after bombings

im Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51 has relatives in Belgium, been following European terror attacks closely.
She appears nervous, face is getting increasingly flushed

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51: "I think" I would be able to separate what's happening in Europe from the facts of this case. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
When asked about the European terror attacks juror 51 says she has relatives in Belgium but they weren't injured @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 46 seconds ago
Juror 51 says despite European terror attacks her views on terrorism haven't changed @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
During questioning, #Tsarnaev is sketching. Appears to be faces.

m Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51: thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty, based on news reports.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
#Tsarnaev shows defense attorney Miriam Conrad the picture he's drawing; she smiles. They whisper a bit during questioning.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51: doesn't object to death penalty itself, "But I could never decide somebody's fate like that," she adds.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Juror 51 says she thinks she'd be able to separate what's happening in Europe from the facts of the #Tsarnaev case @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 51 says she thinks #Tsarnaev is guilty based on news reports but would be able to listen to facts in case @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 51 removes her glasses as she address judge pointedly: I'm really not sure I could sentence someone to death penalty.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 32 seconds ago
Juror 51: "not in favor of death penalty but not fully opposed to it but I don't think it's up to me to take someone's life" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
lawyers signal to judge that this juror can end questioning.

 

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Lana Jones @Lanawbz
Juror 51 "I don't object to the death penalty itself. But I could never decide somebody's fate like that. #tsarnaev
Juror 54 is next.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48s 48 seconds ago
Juror 51 is done. Juror 54 is up next. A couple more jurors have been postponed. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 54 sits down, looks right at judge, acknowledging no one else at table (of 14 others).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Juror 54 is a male who's a data management consultant for a pharmaceutical company @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 54: data management specialist who helps pharmaceutical companies go paperless. science background. very little social media.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 54: my wife has my facebook password, i really don't use it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 9 seconds ago
Juror 51 doesn't do much social media, says father-in-law works in a Maine courthouse @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 54: my dad is a court security officer. judge references one of the many in the room.
"like that?" the judge jokes, as guard stands.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13s 14 seconds ago
Juror 54 says he has not formed an opinion on guilt of #Tsarnaev & understands principle of innocent until proven guilty @NECN

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
Juror 54 is the 13th prospective juror to be interviewed today. He wrote on questionnaire that he had not formed opinion on guilt. #tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 54: does NOT have opinion re: guilt of #Tsarnaev.
He does not think #Tsarnaev should get death penalty if convicted

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3s 4 seconds ago
Juror 54 said on questionnaire he thought #Tsarnaev should not receive the death penalty @NECN

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 54: "My general view of the death penalty is that it's not a logical punishment. It carries the burden of being irreversible."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 13 seconds ago
Juror 54 on death penalty: "not a logical punishment for any crime in general" - costs more, irreversible, not deterrent @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
That said, however, juror 54 says he COULD vote for death if the case was strong enough "to override" his previous opinions.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 8 seconds ago
When pressed by judge juror 54 said he could impose death penalty if facts of the case called for it but would be difficult @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 32 seconds ago
Prosecutor Weinreb asks juror 54 if he could only impose death penalty if he heard evidence it was a good idea - he says yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Prosecutor Weinreb is really pushing Juror 54 to see what conditions might prompt him to use death penalty. Juror can't come up with one.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 22 seconds ago
Juror 54 on death penalty says he could be "convinced a particular case warranted it over his objections" but not likely @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 16 seconds ago
Juror 54 is done. Juror 57 is up. We were just told this is the last juror of the day. So we are doing 14 of the original 17 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 57: arrives, like all the rest, carrying her coat and bag, sits at table, limited eye contact with group.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 57: customer service at a bank; uses facebook "once or twice a week", mostly reading.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 15 seconds ago
Juror 57 is a woman who works at a local bank. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 57: says she is very patient and careful before she judges someone.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 15 seconds ago
Juror 57: "I'm a Christian woman so I don't like to judge someone" -judge clarifies she doesn't mean she CAN'T judge someone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 57: wrote that only god has the power to end a life.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Juror 57 says she strongly opposes death penalty & says "only God can have a right to end a
life" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 30 seconds ago
Juror 57 on opposition to death penalty says "I wouldn't change my mind on that" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Juror 57: can't imagine being able to vote for death penalty.
she is excused from questioning.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4s 4 seconds ago
That's the final juror of the day. We made it through 14 today. The group yesterday was 20, so we've gone through 34 so far @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Questioning is done for day.
#Tsarnaev gets up and leaves, escorted by marshals.
The second he's out of room, he whips off his suit coat.

Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
Court completed 14 jurors today; a total of 34 have been questioned so far. We return on Tuesday.

Lana Jones @Lanawbz
End of jury voir dire in #tsarnaev for today. Lawyers taking a 30 min break then will return for a sidebar that will not be heard by media.



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FYI: Reporters who are tweeting:

Jim Armstrong

( Twitter: http://boston.cbslocal.com/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trial-live-updates/ )

http://boston.cbslocal.com/personality/jim-armstrong/
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Alysha Palumbo

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http://www.necn.com/on-air/about-us/Alysha-Palumbo-264734621.html

 

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Hi Chelly :seeya:

Good to see you.

Had some Bandwidth available and thought I'd post today's tweets.

 

[Chelly]

Great work posting tweets YoN. Thanks for doing this for us.
:loveyou:

 

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I think this is an important trial and I'm planning on participating -in between missy's :jail: - when I can.

I don't like terrorists and what they stand for (whatever they stand for).

They spit in the face of all the men and women who fought for freedom and rights. IMO.

Killing innocent people is never right and they should have to pay for what they have done.

:moo:

 

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Jim Armstrong ✔ @JimArmstrongWBZ
.@AustinLouis5 Supposed to start Jan. 26th. But we don't know for sure.

 

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Could Tsarnaev Argue, ‘My Immature, Pot-Impaired Brain Made Me Do It’?

"...Then comes the brain.

Judy Clarke, lead defense attorney and one of the nation’s premier death penalty litigators, will surely not overlook the new body of neuroscientific evidence regarding the immaturity of adolescent brains..."

http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2015/01/tsarnaev-brain
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Screening Prospective Jurors In Tsarnaev Trial Proves Challenging (with audio)

http://www.wbur.org/2015/01/16/screening-jurors-tsarnaev-trial-challenging

 

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial: Potential juror tells judge, 'I just can't kill another person'

"...As jury selection continued Thursday in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the judge and lawyers were tasked with a difficult job: finding 12 jurors and six alternates who can serve impartially in the case of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber and who are willing to sentence him to die if he is convicted...."

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/01/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_trial_potent_1.html
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Meet The Lawyer Who Could Save Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Life

"Judy Clarke is one of the most sought-after defense attorneys for the most reviled criminals. If Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is convicted, would she be able to convince a jury considering the death penalty that he deserves to live?..."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/m...tsarnaevs-life?utm_term=.bloDBY53k#.ahayOy531

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial: Courtroom opened to two journalists during jury selection

"BOSTON -- After members of the media complained about their lack of access to jury selection in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the judge has allowed two reporters to sit in the courtroom during jury selection.,,"

(In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, third from right, is depicted with his lawyers and U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr., right, as O'Toole addresses a pool of potential jurors in a jury assembly room at the federal courthouse, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Boston. Tsarnaev is charged with the April 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260....)

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/01/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_trial_courtr.html