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there are all kinds of different folks on that jury. and it s going to be a tough job to go through that evidence. they already heard a lot of evidence already from the prosecution phase. now this death penalty phase, they are going to be bombarded with even more. would it be overload? that s a good question. thank you for your time. next, hot on the trail, hillary clinton s first campaign day in new hampshire focuses on the economy of course but some are raising new questions about her foundation s money situation. plus hundreds are feared dead as a boat capsizes on the mediterranean. we ll get the latest from that search and recovery effort. amid protests and calls for answer in 20 minutes, baltimore police are expected to speak to media about the death of a maryland man who s neck was partially severed in police custody. we ll bring you that news conference live. it is monday, april 20th. shopping online. .is as easy as it gets. wouldn t it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters a
in the center of the heart, the vow we will finish the race. let s talk about that race because it s now under way in the great city of boston. joining us is the publisher of boston magazine. good morning, kristen. good morning. first of all, tell me how you re feeling this day as the elite runners take to the field? well i m feeling a little nostalgic and very proud. we have an entire team here of runners running in the race so i can t wait to get to the finish line to cheer them on. it must be kind of eerie to run in the race knowing that tomorrow the death penalty phase of the tsarnaev trial will begin. it is a little eerie and people are waiting for the sentencing to come through and it does hang over our head a little bit but we re all about perseverance and we re just moving along. actually i think that s what i most admire about boston.
fashion or in an emergency. the vulnerability of the victims here, we know of course that the horror of these child victims in this case and finally multiple killings mike under federal law, one aggravating factor that makes the death penalty more likely whether you didn t just kill a single individual but multiple. as you think about what this jury is going to see and you ve been covering all of this what do you think of the aggravating factors and how that might come into play? the prosecution has laid out a detailed and sophisticated case all kinds of forensic evidence compelling eye witness testimony. that s going to continue with the death penalty phase, they are going to have more witnesses, we don t know who the witnesses are right now. it s going to be very detailed and emotional. we ve already had statements as we said before from the richards family, other family saying they don t want the death penalty and want them to serve life in prison. there s a lot of evidence that t
found unfit for trial and it s really scary. one of my clients tried to stab his father in front of me. and these things are really frightening. a jury will decide if he is insane. that s the legal standard. even if he is insane he can still spend time behind bars. in a hospital for the criminally insane but not in a jail. very good. let s pivot to the new jersey teacher to instructed 3rd graders to write letters to cop killer. this is ridiculous. this man is a cop killer. is he a convicted murderer. the evidence was very strong against him. he has gone up and down all the appeals courts. the only thing that has happened in this case of any significance is the federal judge looked at the instructions to the jury and how the jury handled the death penalty phase and said there might have been some confusion with the juries about ago aggravators or mitigators. he is guilty. retry the death penalty phase. he is bragging about it he shot a cop in the back