everyone knows who martin richard was, the youngest victim at the marathon bombing. it s also worth mentioning as i did last hour that it was martin richard s parents, despite this young life that was lost his parents wrote in the boston globe during this trial that they do not want dzhokhar tsarnaev to be put to death. the reason is you have to assume that there will be appeal upon appeal upon appeal and they do not want to be dragged along and reinjuring those emotional wounds for the rest of their lives. yeah and who could blame them? there s a fascinating article on cnn.com right now, brooke that describes in excruciating detail what tsarnaev s life would be like in a super max prison. if he gets the death penalty, he may be around for another 20 years before he is actually exhausted all of his appeals and he s executed. if he s sentenced to life without the possibility of parole he will disappear.
in the jury room. paul thank you so much. a little more color, as we re getting nuggets from people who have been entering the courtroom. the youngest victim martin richard, his family is inside. also the police chief of watertown, that was where the man manhunt ensued and where joe dzhokhar tsarnaev was found. that police chief, he was the first to arrive as soon as he learned that verdict would be read today. also a little on dzhokhar tsarnaev. i can tell you he is inside that federal courthouse. he s wearing a dark blazer, a light shirt. he s seated at the defense table, apparently chatting with his attorneys. we cannot forget the emotional toll of this story. as i ve said over and over boston is a phenomenally strong city but the way in which that city felt i was there. i felt it with them. the paralysis in the days after those pressure cooker bombs went
interview to two reporters from the buffalo news who wrote an extensive study about what he had to say about what took place, aened enedand beyond that jake a lot of parallels between the two. both timothy mcveigh and tsarnaev showing absolutely no signs of remorse. that obviously can play on a jury s mind. both of them did not take the stand. both of them had a big beef against the government. mcveigh going back to ruby ridge and what happened at waco. tsarnaev making his feelings known, certainly at the very least by his writings on the side of that boat and as i think deborah, or jeffrey, pointed out, dropping that knapsack with the pressure cooker bomb, choosing to drop that behind martin richard, before that bomb was set off. so a lot of parallels between these two cases, and both juries finding for the death penalty. if you re just joining us we re discussing the fact that a
squeezed his arm. we walked outside. there were a number of victims and relatives of the victim whose were outside. a lot of law enforcement officials. the head of boston s fbi bureau here. also the u.s. attorney. it was quiet. there was no sense of celebration. there was no sense of sort of jubilation or closure. it was an enormous sense of gravitas that this man was sentenced to death by a jury in boston, where polls show that most people don t favor the death penalty. martin richard, the youngest victim his parents were also in that courtroom, brooke. they didn t show any visible signs. they looked very stoic. they had written a letter saying they didn t want the death penalty because they didn t want dzhokhar tsarnaev to remain the focus of attention. it was so heavy in that court, even after the verdict was read. everybody knew exactly the
the last three days. in total, deliberations lasting 14 1/2 hours. two notes have been sent from the jury. two notes, two questions. we know already right now that the youngest victim martin richard, his family, his parents are inside this courthouse. also hearing from our correspondent that some supporters of dzhokhar tsarnaev also inside of the courthouse. so closing arguments, couple days ago, the jury was handed all of this. it s incredibly complicated for them to go through this 24 pages point by point to try to determine. ultimately it must be unanimous whether they decide dzhokhar tsarnaev should be put to death or go away in a super max prison for the rest of his life. deborah has been covering this from the very beginning. she covered the aftermath of the boston bomb wgs me in boston two years ago. she s there inside the