Boston bombing trial: Tsarnaev lawyer admits his guilt

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The trial of the man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon two years ago has begun, with his defence lawyer telling the jury he committed the crime.

"It was him," the lawyer said as she prepared to defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's actions by saying he had been influenced by his older brother.

Mr Tsarnaev, 21, could face the death penalty and is charged with more than 30 counts relating to the bombings.

It was the deadliest terror attack on US soil since 9/11.

Speaking before the defence, a federal prosecutor said in opening statements on Wednesday that Tsarnaev had "murder in his heart" when he placed the bomb.

In 2013, Mr Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to all charges related to the attack.

The left side of the court was filled with about two dozen of the attack's victims as the trial began.

Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed after two pressure cooker bombs packed with nails, ball bearings and other shrapnel detonated in April 2013.

More than 260 people were injured, with many losing limbs.

The prosecutor delivered his statements first. Mr Tsarnaev's lead defence attorney followed, and immediately shocked the court by candidly telling the jury that he was responsible for the attack.

The 21-year-old suspect slouched in his chair and stared straight ahead as the prosecutor, William Weinreb, began his opening statement.

Detailing the scene near the finish line just under two years ago, the prosecutor said: "The air was filled with the smell of burning sulphur and people's screams."

Mr Weinreb described the backpack bomb that Mr Tsarnaev allegedly planted at the finish as "the type of bombs favoured by terrorists because it's designed to tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle."

Among those in attendance were Denise and Bill Richard, whose 8-year-old son, Martin, died in the bombings.

As they looked on, the prosecutor told the jury that Ms Richard watched helplessly as "the bomb tore large chunks of flesh out of Martin Richard".

The boy had been standing on a metal barrier with other children so that he could better see the runners crossing the finish line.

Heather Abbott, who lost a leg in the attack, sat near the Richard family.

"While victims of the bombing lay in the hospital and learned that they would have to have their limbs chopped off to save their lives, the defendant pretended that nothing had happened," Mr Weinreb said, noting that Mr Tsarnaev returned to socialise with his friends at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth following the attack.

Judy Clarke, a famed attorney who has represented a number of high-profile suspects in the past, began her opening remarks by saying: "It was him."

She said that her team would not attempt to "sidestep" Mr Tsarnaev's guilt in carrying out the "senseless, horribly misguided acts carried out by two brothers".

Instead, she will argue that his elder brother, Tamerlan, was the mastermind of the plot and coerced the younger sibling into being a submissive participant.

Mr Tsarnaev is also accused of killing a police officer in the days after the bombing.

A huge police manhunt followed the attacks, culminating in Mr Tsarnaev's arrest and the death of his elder brother.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31727243

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The prosecutor delivered his statements first. Mr Tsarnaev's lead defence attorney followed, and immediately shocked the court by candidly telling the jury that he was responsible for the attack


i thought team :tinfoil: said they didn't carry out this bombing ?

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ffs shhhhhh Red....you'll wake him!




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ATTN:FBD ATTN:FBD


This thread is about an overweight woman at Walmart tripping and killing an Asian family of five. Nothing to see here, move along.




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Load of bollocks, it was obviously the FBI, CIA or NSA........ or some other 3 letter agency [-(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Load of bollocks, it was obviously the FBI, CIA or NSA........ or some other 3 letter agency [-(

MTV? :shock:

[Goofy]

i thought team :tinfoil: said they didn't carry out this bombing ?

The FBI, CIA, NSA, MFI, YMCA threatened his family obviously :roll:

[Goofy]

MTV? :shock:

Could have been.......... does anyone even watch MTV anymore? Nothing but bollocks on it :lol:

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I have mtv don't think it does music anymore just that reality show shit

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I watch MTV at the YMCA, but only when the MSN URL is MIA from the PC

[Goofy]

"reality show shit", 3 words that were meant for each other :ok:

[Goofy]

I watch MTV at the YMCA, but only when the MSN URL is MIA from the PC

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Plead guilty and we will spare you the death penalty

Everyone already thinks...."knows"....that you are guilty.....so do you really want to attempt a jury trial, where you will not get a fair trial, and will be found guilty within a week, and once your appeal fails also, you will be headed straight off to the gurney for a shot.


Whaddya think, kiddo? You gonna play ball?




















oh wait I forgot.... troofeses have an Official™ stamp on them :lol: :haha:

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or he had no evidence to prove he didn't do it :shrug:

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:lol: kinda like they have no evidence against him other than

http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_main_half/public/images/306529.jpg?itok=tKhK24hV

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in fact, no, because there's video of the kids leaving the venue with their backpacks on...there is indeed evidence of his innocence

but I guess that doesnt count as "evidence" :roll:

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So even though he says he did it he didn't :confused:

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they probably threatened him with - plead guilty and lead a relatively normal life in prison, or take your chances and we'll make the next few years very difficult no matter where you are..

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So even though he says he did it he didn't :confused:

:lol: right after the event he was screaming it...

and now today he is "pleading guilty"

know anything about the courts red? how many people have plead guilty to something over the years because that's the plea deal they work out, and it also comes with a gag order when you sign?

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some even though on team :tinfoil: websites there are loads of evidence video's etc showing it's not them, his lawyer and himself aren't using any of that ?

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I'm not privy to "the evidence" that's being submitted on either side. I have no idea how they in any way shape or form are somehow pinning this on them other than the fact that the security services went right after them, and like prey, they ran for their lives, and were thus guilty in the lens of the media world writ large, the government's case already made by a proper setup, the patsies already called out, one dead, the other unable to speak last we knew since he was shot in the throat.

But fact is, I saw clips and screen shots of masses of people exiting, those two boys exiting also - with their backpacks on. Both of them. Neither of which were of the make and model with the square reflective path as seen on the shredded one that blew up. And exactly the make and model being used by the security services in their "training drill" that just so happened to be taking place on the premises on that very day.


It is utterly beyond me how people believe those two kids did this in light of all these other things that scream this is yet another false flag.

You ask people about the bags and its....oh well that's just a coincidence or something, we all know he's guilty!

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Beyond imagination that a federal prosecutor is straight up telling them that we have a picture of both of them with the bags off and by their feet, therefore that negates all evidence you claim to have towards your innocence. And no it will not be interpreted any other way.


Its a sham trial, the bombing was a test of the citizens willingness to submit to a violation of their 4th amendment rights, to make such a thing commonplace "if there is a good enough reason."

It is all about precedent.

Does the CIA or FBI not already act with the same self declared precociousness of the Stasi and SS?

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I think he better call Saul

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqOR1jW1GFE


saul my ass, mofucka needs goddam johhny cochran!

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I'm not privy to "the evidence" that's being submitted on either side. I have no idea how they in any way shape or form are somehow pinning this on them other than the fact that the security services went right after them, and like prey, they ran for their lives, and were thus guilty in the lens of the media world writ large, the government's case already made by a proper setup, the patsies already called out, one dead, the other unable to speak last we knew since he was shot in the throat.

But fact is, I saw clips and screen shots of masses of people exiting, those two boys exiting also - with their backpacks on. Both of them. Neither of which were of the make and model with the square reflective path as seen on the shredded one that blew up. And exactly the make and model being used by the security services in their "training drill" that just so happened to be taking place on the premises on that very day.


It is utterly beyond me how people believe those two kids did this in light of all these other things that scream this is yet another false flag.

You ask people about the bags and its....oh well that's just a coincidence or something, we all know he's guilty!

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Beyond imagination that a federal prosecutor is straight up telling them that we have a picture of both of them with the bags off and by their feet, therefore that negates all evidence you claim to have towards your innocence. And no it will not be interpreted any other way.


Its a sham trial, the bombing was a test of the citizens willingness to submit to a violation of their 4th amendment rights, to make such a thing commonplace "if there is a good enough reason."

It is all about precedent.

Does the CIA or FBI not already act with the same self declared precociousness of the Stasi and SS?


Yes but aren't you making a rather broad assumption based on one piece of digital media?

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at least 1 vidshot of before the bombing with them having their backpacks on
there were at least 2 pictures of them leaving with backpacks on

another pic of them standing near where the bomb went off, with their bags at their feet - that is the only thing that even comes remotely close to resembling evidence that the feds have on these two.

like I said, the extent of actual evidence the government has sums up to
http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_main_half/public/images/306529.jpg?itok=tKhK24hV

a finger pointing and jack shit else that is presented to the public.

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at least 1 vidshot of before the bombing with them having their backpacks on
there were at least 2 pictures of them leaving with backpacks on

another pic of them standing near where the bomb went off, with their bags at their feet - that is the only thing that even comes remotely close to resembling evidence that the feds have on these two.

like I said, the extent of actual evidence the government has sums up to
http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_main_half/public/images/306529.jpg?itok=tKhK24hV

a finger pointing and jack shit else that is presented to the public.

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The prosecution has him dead to rights.

If they're admitting guilt during the trial, then there's no deal for a lesser sentence. If there was a deal, then they wouldn't be admitting guilt during the trial. You don't negotiate during an open trial, only before or behind closed doors away from the trial. They're still at trial so it's obvious both parties couldn't come to an agreement. More than likely, the defense put an offer on the table and the prosecution refused. Obviously, the prosecution is seeking the death penalty for this case, and they probably have every bit of damning evidence to get it. The defense knows the prosecution has them dead to rights, and that's why they're throwing the dead brother under the bus, trying to make Tsarnaev look like a lowly accomplice complicit in the act that was planned out without his input, instead of trying to maintain innocence of the crime. The defense is trying to play on the sympathy of the jurors to get a lesser sentence.

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how much you want to bet that "damning evidence" was what was scrawled on the inside of that boat after they pulled him out of there :lol:

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at least 1 vidshot of before the bombing with them having their backpacks on
there were at least 2 pictures of them leaving with backpacks on

another pic of them standing near where the bomb went off, with their bags at their feet - that is the only thing that even comes remotely close to resembling evidence that the feds have on these two.

like I said, the extent of actual evidence the government has sums up to
http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_main_half/public/images/306529.jpg?itok=tKhK24hV

a finger pointing and jack shit else that is presented to the public.

Matlock time:

I propose that the two brothers did enter the area with backpacks on containing the bomb materials. They set them off, then had two other backpacks stashed for their exit. In the turmoil and confusion, no one would be looking for that.

Mr Prosecutor, there is no way you can prove which backpacks were carried and at what time by the two brothers. The pictures after the fact are subject to viewer interpretation and create no credible timeline.

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can we keep this thread on track again
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yeah, like I said, the government can make up just about anything they feel like, and the bar is set so low that all it has to do is sound plausible, and he's cooked.