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.

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Conventional medicine not helping all areas, turned to holistic.
Lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost wages.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:05:53 PM
Kauffman, like others, talk about difficulty resuming their "normal" life, incl full-time work. "My life has been completely changed."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:06:11 PM
"I forgive you and your brother…my hope and desire is some day soon you'll be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:06:39 PM
"and forgo all your appeals, so we can all move together in peace."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:06:51 PM
Still, Kauffman says, "I forgive you and your brother" of what you did -- and urges him to drop his appeals so survivors can move on.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:06:55 PM
Jurors look to #tsarnaev to see if he looks when victims address him. He does not.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 4:07:45 PM
Annette Emerson, suffers from PTSD, wants to forgive to move on.
Lives in Maine. But has to travel hours for treatment in Boston.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:10:18 PM
Another survivor, Ms. Emerson from Maine, speaking. She refers to needing treatment not covered by insurance.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:10:28 PM
Ed Fucarile, father of Marc.
"First time I saw you in this courtroom you were smirking…you don't seem to be smirking today."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:11:42 PM
Ed Fucarile (father of Mark, an amputee) is now speaking. Addressing #Tsarnaev , "You don't seem to be smirking today."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:11:58 PM
"You haven't broken his spirt."
"As a father, your sentence today should be as severe as possible."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:12:19 PM
Fucarile: "Your sentence should be as severe as possible." Want to thank the jury "for a job well done."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:12:36 PM
Fucarile dad tells #tsarnaev "you haven't broken his spirit."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 4:12:58 PM
Liz Norden, mom of Paul and JP, who lost legs.
Nadine Pellegrini, the prosecutor, is standing beside Liz.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:13:24 PM
Liz Norden (whose two sons, JP and Paul, each lost a leg) is speaking now. Her voice shaky. "We've been through hell and back"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:13:26 PM
"Only a mother can describe the everlasting agony when one of your children" suffer loss of legs.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:13:46 PM
Ed Fucarile addresses #tsarnaev most personal, saying, "you don't seem to be smirking today." #tsarnaev keeps looking away.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 4:14:24 PM
Norden: The lives of my children were "literally destroyed." "We have to work to put this hateful act behind us."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:14:54 PM
Liz is fighting to keep from tears.
She acknowledges the other survivors and victims, regardless of how they feel re death penalty
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:15:00 PM
Norden: They have said they won't let marathon define their lives. "Nothing will ever return our lives" to normal.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:15:45 PM
Her sons refuse to let this define them.
Thanks the judge and others who helped.
"Any silver lining…the strangers around the world
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:16:10 PM
Norden said she wants to thank judge and others, including strangers. if there's any "silver lining" it's the many who reached out to us.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:16:28 PM
Norden: "I still can't understand how these two cowards" would put down bombs and hurt innocent people.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:17:15 PM
"My sons are doing remarkably well."
She describes horror, getting call from Paul, saying how bad it was. EMT took phone: Get here
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:18:44 PM
Norden:Recalls getting the phone call on 4/15/13 when one of her sons called to say he'd been injured. Rushed to hospital. She wipes tears

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:18:47 PM
She is now recounting how her two sons went to diff hospitals - Paul at BI, and JP at Brigham. They each lost leg, body burns & hearing loss

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:20:15 PM
Each of them carry foreign objects in their body. Both sons gone thru dozens of surgeries, &"changed life of entire family and friends"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:21:08 PM
Refer to her sons as "trade guys" - know how to handle things - and they don't want to expose anguish/pain.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:22:41 PM
She said she also realizes other families "lost even more," and she is grateful her two sons are alive.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:23:13 PM
JP and Paul struggled to tell her granddaughter how they lost their legs.
I worry for them.
"We find strength in each other."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:23:23 PM
Still, she worries constantly and sees everyday their prosthetic legs, and reminder of the bombing.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:24:43 PM
Heather Abbott.
She thanks the judge and prosecutors.
Also thanks the jury.
"I hope you know how much you're appreciated."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:25:11 PM
"I don't envy what position you were in. Determining whether another human being should be put to death."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:25:29 PM
Next speaker is survivor Heather Abbott, an amputee. She thanks jury for their work. "I didn't care much what happened to the defendant"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:25:51 PM
"What he did can't be changed. But he will never be able to harm anyone else. That's what matters to me."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:26:07 PM
"He has reduced my independence."
Nerve pain, sleepless nights, likelihood it will put me in a wheelchair as I grow older.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:26:48 PM
Abbott: "I care about what lies ahead for me and others" By taking away my leg, he has changed my independence & uncertainty ahead

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:27:11 PM
Requires 5 different prosthetic legs, each which cost $15 ,000 to $17 ,000, and have to be replaced every few years.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:27:21 PM
"I will forever carry the label the woman who lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing."
Can't jump out of bed.

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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:27:43 PM
In her home in Newport, RI, she is forever known as the woman who lost a leg in the Boston marathon bombing

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:27:57 PM
Can't feel the sand between her toes at her favorite beach.
"Feel like I've aged 40 years in the past two."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:28:06 PM
A juror, the fashion worker, wiped a tear as Heather Abbot thanks them for their service. #tsarnaev

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 4:28:26 PM
Could describe pain of her family.
"But that would make it all worth it to him… that's exactly what he wanted…to harm…he succeeded
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:28:45 PM
He tweeted ain't no love in the heart of the city.
"He couldn't have been more wrong…the heroes who saved lives those days."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:29:10 PM
Abbott noted Tsarnaev, after bombing, tweeted "ain't no love in the heart of the city" Abbott: He couldn't have been more wrong.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:29:19 PM