Sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is slated to return to a federal courtroom Wednesday morning to be officially sentenced to death for the April 15, 2013 terrorist attacks that shook the city.

3rd & 7 37yd

Krystle's mom says she doesn't know why Tsarnaev didn't get help and wasted opportunity given by parents to get better life in US

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:54:47 PM
Karen McWatters, Krystle's friend, who held her hand as she died.
With husband Kevin.
Thanks jury and prosecutors.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:54:59 PM
"My beautiful friend, Krystle Campbell…what losing her meant…the def. and his brother took away a kind and loving person."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:55:31 PM
"She was not the enemy. They didn't even know her."
Her family was the most important thing in her life.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:55:54 PM
Karen McWatters, friend of Campbell, is now speaking. "Those brothers took away their angel," referring to impact on Campbell family

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:56:23 PM
"Those brothers took away an angel."
Jahar is turned to the victims, but his head is down. Not looking up.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:56:41 PM
#Tsarnaev and his attorneys have shifted their chairs to sit & look directly at the survivors testifying.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:57:15 PM
"She was the friend who was always there in good times and bad. She was loyal, fun kind and best kind of friend anyone could have"
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:57:25 PM
"I could tell you so many stories about Krystle, but you will never know her."
Her loss is the hardest part of my recovery.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:58:02 PM
"They came to hurt, destroy and kill people…innocent people. Took away an innocence in our city that we will never get back."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:58:25 PM
#Tsarnaev 's head down as McWatters spks re: Krystle. "You'll never know why she was loved so much..and desper missed by those who loved her"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:58:45 PM
"The defendant stood there, watching children play" and still left bomb in back of them.
"Why did we not see any remorse?"
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:58:59 PM
McWatters: Why didn't we see any remorse? You ruined so may lives that day. But you also ruined your own...You will die alone in prison.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:59:31 PM
"You ruined so many lives that day…your friends abandoned you… you will die in prison alone."
Calls on him to show remorse.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:59:39 PM
McWatters: If you have genuine remorse, speak up today. Show us your remorse.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 1:59:53 PM
Karen says he can save someone from a similar fate, if he speaks out, "if he has any remorse."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:00:00 PM
Karen tearing up: "you will never know why she is so desperately missed by those who loved her."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:00:07 PM
Now, family of Sean Collier, murdered MIT police officer. His sister, she couldn't get a cab to get to the hospital.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:01:21 PM
She finally got to hospital and wishes she didn't, to remember him as he was shot.
She went to another room and found sobbing cops
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:02:10 PM
A young reporter approached and asked how she was feeling, "a salacious story."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:02:36 PM
Karen tells #tsarnaev to prevent aspiring terrorists: "You can tell them of your regret and you can discourage them."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:03:19 PM
Press tried to get photos of family crying on the porch.
Had to call the cops.
"My once private life has been infiltrated."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:03:44 PM
Sister of MIT officer Collier describes hearing re: Sean death, parents & cops crying. "I walked into a room of full grown men sobbing."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:03:44 PM
"I had to learn cry and smile over a stone face."
Lives in fear, worries about being questioned.
"I rarely date anymore."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:04:58 PM
Collier's sister Jen talks about being victim of media just as much as anything, having to hear from people who "knew him."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:05:06 PM
"Always been outgoing…find less joy in activities. I don't know what makes me happy anymore…putting on underwear is a success."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:05:30 PM
Collier's sister talks re: media assault & intrusive questions and public scrutiny. "I don't know what makes me happy anymore."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:05:36 PM
"There's an emptiness I cannot manage to fill."
Ran marathons, gone to ceremonies, "but would trade it all in for the quiet."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:06:18 PM
#tsarnaev not looking at her. The jurors are.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:06:48 PM
"Simple pleasures are missing."
"When I'm angry, I'm furious…when I feel joy, I cry, because it is so rare."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:06:52 PM
"I won't have a happy family again…won't hear that belly laugh again."
"I will toast whiskey in his honor and cry with grown men."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:07:40 PM
As Collier's sister gives her forceful emotional testimony, #Tsarnaev sits in his chair, occasionally rubbing his hands against each other.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:07:42 PM
"He will never feel sorry for what he's done…" just what he'll miss.
"To feel the touch of a precious child."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:08:09 PM
"He is a coward and a liar."
"He showed no remorse while his victims stood in front of him."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:08:33 PM
Collier's sister referring to Tsarnaev: He is a coward and a liar. He showed no remorse while his victims spoke about their pain.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:08:46 PM
"I will drink whiskey in his honor and cry with grown men," she says. #Collier

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:09:05 PM
"Head held high, with a swaggering step…like he was with an entourage…he bought milk after setting off a bomb that killed children
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:09:20 PM
"He ran his own brother over with a car. He had no issues shooting mine in the head…he spit in the face of the American dream."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:09:52 PM
Collier's sister: He has not once shown he cares about anyone but himself. He spits in the face of the American dream.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:10:14 PM
That was Jen Rogers, Sean's sister, who gave powerful, angry statement.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:10:26 PM
"He spit in the face of the American Dream," Jen Rogers says.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:10:31 PM
Now, Bill and Denise Richard.
Thanks jury.
"We have no words to express what today means to us," Bill says.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:10:47 PM
Bill and Denise Richard (parents of boy Martin who died ): We have no words to express what this day means to us.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:10:52 PM
"His attorneys told us the truth of what we already knew. He was guilty. He could have stopped his brother. He could have" walked
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 2:11:17 PM
Bill and Denise approach mic. #tsarnaev does not look at them.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 2:11:24 PM