Boston Bombing Penalty Phase Live Blog
A Boston jury has found Dzhkohar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts related to the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, meaning Tsarnaev could face the death penalty. Follow ABC News station WCVB's live blog for the latest news.
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the defendant carried out an attack on boston marathon b/c he believes it would cause America to stop targeting terrorists overseas. he read books, listened to songs and watched videos created by other terrorists. his conversion took over a year or two. 2011 started, ramped up 2012. in 2013 he created an online ID to spread radical ideas, weinreb says.
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police collected surveillance photos from buildings and pics from spectators. Forum had surveillance camera. pointed where def placed bomb. shows Tsarnaev dropping backpack right behind martin richard and other children. he looks at them. then makes phone call. a few seconds later everyone in forum looks toward first bomb. defendant walks rapidly in the other direction. that video revealed the defendant was one of the bombers, Weinreb says.
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Tsarnaev was arrested four days after the marathon bombings. He had been hiding inside a covered boat stored in a Watertown backyard.
In an affidavit, FBI Special Agent Daniel Genck wrote, "he had visible injuries, including apparent gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs, and hand."
The defense has asked Judge O'Toole to allow jurors to examine the entire boat in person --- either at the courthouse or in a warehouse. -
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Weinreb talking about how Tsarnaev brothers went out Thursday night looking for a gun. Encountered MIT officer Sean Collier. Far away surveillance video shows the murder but not close enough to see players. It shows 2 men go around Colliers car and open the door. A few seconds later a man rides a bike by the car. a MIT grad student who will testify he saw a man lean into the police car. He looked right at MIT student.
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Weinreb tells jurors that Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan executed MIT police officer Sean Collier with two shots to the side of his head and one shot between the eyes.
Collier also was shot three times in the hand.
Weinreb says surveillance video does not show which brother shot Collier or if they both did.
Weinreb says it doesn't matter. "They both murdered him," he says. -
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police interviewed Ming and started tracking Mercedes in real time. Brothers now in Watertown again. GPS tracking revealed they were going south on Dexter avenue in Watertown. Joe Reynolds, a Watertown PD officer, hears about carjacking and spots Mercedes. Reynolds doesn't know it's the alleged Boston Bombers.
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I saw Liz Norden in the hallway at the break. She is here with a daughter, neither of her sons JP or Paul wanted to come to the trial. They each lost a leg in the bombing. She is watching from overflow and said she can hear and see just fine.
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Tom Grilk is the first witness to take the stand in U.S. v. Tsarnaev.
In 2011, Grilk became the executive director of the Boston Athletic Association, which hosts the Boston Marathon. He has been a member of the organization since 1987.
According to his bio, Grilk has been the marathon's finish line announcer since 1979 and is a former competitor, having run a personal best marathon time of 2:49:03 in 1978 and a Boston Marathon personal best of 2:54 that same year. -
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