Tsarnaev Boston Bomber Decision



The long awaited verdict of the Boston Bombing came out. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is found unanimously guilty on multiple counts and will be sentenced to death. Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 charges of various counts including Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction and Malicious Destruction of Property Resulting in Death with 17 carrying the potential of the death penalty as a result of the trial in April, 2015. The jurors in the trial only needed to decide that one of these accounts was deserving of the death penalty. The testimony phase lasted 14 days with 14 witnesses being called by the prosecution(asking for the death penalty), and 44 witnesses called by the defense(asking for life in prison without parole).

Photo Source: Aaron Tang-Flickr
April 15, 2013 was a heart breaking day. Two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and over 250 were injured as a result.The people responsible included 26 year old Tamerian Tsarnaev, and his brother, 19(now 21) year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The older brother died in a chase with the police, while the younger was found unanimously guilty on multiple counts and will be sentenced to death.


Either way, justice has been served. However, nothing will ever curb the heart ache of the friends and family that were injured or suffered a loss due to this tragic incident. A proud moment was when Boston bounded together as, "Boston Strong" and an organization was created for charitable fundraising to support disaster relief.

Comments from Allen:

Everyone expected the jury to sentence Dzhokhar to death, including myself.  I am sure many observers were outraged and offended that the defense brought in teachers and family members to testify as to what a sweet young boy this terrorist-mass murderer used to be.  Frankly, the defense team had only three things to use in this case: Dhokhar used to be a nice kid; his sweet disposition was overcome by his terrorist mastermind big brother, and some jurors just can't stomach imposing the death penalty.

Putting these witnesses on the stand concerning the defendant's childhood was all this defense team could do.  That said, I expected a death sentence for this fellow.

Allen Browning is an attorney in Idaho Falls, Idaho who handles personal injury and criminal defense. He has over 30 years of experience and handled thousands of cases. Allen work with cases from all over Idaho. Call (208) 542-2700 to set up a free consultation if you are facing legal trouble or you have been involved in an accident.
Also, check out browninglaw.net for more information about Allen and Browning Law.


Allen Browning can help with all personal injury claims including motor vehicle accidents, serious and disabling accidents, and wrongful death claims. Allen Browning can also help with DUI, Felony, Misdemeanor, Domestic Violence, Drug Crimes, Theft, Juvenile Crimes, Violent Crimes, and Probation/Parole Violations. He is one of the most experienced and successful criminal defense attorneys in Idaho.

Sources for more information:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/13/jurors-hear-closing-arguments-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-death-penalty-trial/kkUTP6cp6v4kWREfGgIYcN/story.html 

 http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/closing-arguments-expected-in-death-panelty-phase-of-boston#.le3r6jlv07

 http://www.courtchatter.com/#!Closing-arguments-begin-in-penalty-phase-of-Tsarnaev-trial/c1oiw/55537ae20cf2adc1ad2db121

 http://www.history.com/topics/boston-marathon-bombings

 http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/363201342213441988148.pdf

 http://www.wbur.org/2015/01/05/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-charges

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

7 Things Lawyers Can't Tell Jurors

Image
 It is a trial lawyer's job to educate jurors, and tell them what they need to know in order to decide cases. Despite this, there are many things, true things, that lawyers are not allowed to tell jurors directly in statements to the jury or indirectly through testimony of their witnesses. Lawyers know these things, though, and I thought you might like to know some of things. #1. A lawyer can't tell the jurors anything that happened during settlement negotiations. He cannot let the jurors know, when asking them to make the defendant pay his client $100,000 that the defendant agreed to pay him $80,000 prior to the trial. The reason for this is that you want settlement negotiations to be very open. You don't want to damage a negotiation session because someone is afraid that what they say will get repeated to a jury if you don't strike a deal. #2 In Idaho, a lawyer can't tell the jurors that the defendant has insurance. In many other states, he can. Bec
Read more

Man Framed by Prosecutor Released After 29 Years in Prison Seeking Lawsuit

Image
19 year old, Charise Kamps, was found raped and strangled to death in her apartment in June 1980. Ralph Armstrong told the police that both of them were at the apartment alone doing cocaine before leaving to go see friends around 9:30 pm. Police said that they learned that Armstrong owed Kamp's boyfriend $400 and witnesses saw Armstrong handing Kamps money that night. However, the money was not found in the apartment, and Armstrong deposited $315 in his bank the next day.The defense argued that he got the money from his brother. One of the neighbors saw a lean, muscular man about 5 feet 5 inches tall with long, dark hair drive up to the apartment. Before the identification process, the police had the witness hypnotized. He was shown a photograph of Armstrong, and After being hypnotized, the witness changed the height of the man he saw. Later at a lineup to have the witness select the man he saw, he chose Armstrong. The other people in the lineup were police officers in wigs
Read more

Tuesday Tip: Reid Interrogation Technique

Image
Various methods have been used in police interrogations to elicit a confession. By far the most popular method used for over seventy years is the Reid Technique. This interrogation method assumes guilty suspects can be identified from certain behavioral cues. It is said to be proven as highly effective at getting confessions; however, there has been criticism about it for many years because it has been linked to many wrongful convictions.  Around 25 percent of post conviction DNA exonerations have been associated with a false confession from authorities using the Reid Technique. Even one of the first cases in which John Reid used this technique turned out to be a false confession. More and more scientists and scholars are saying this approach is based on outdated psychology. There are several components incorporated in this technique, including room design and how the investigator conducts the interview. There are three spatial zones the investigators use, which can be seen in
Read more