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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Clark is also addressing issue of possible "fines" and the clear impossibility that #Tsarnaev can pay anything.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:41:49 PM
Clarke's statements seem to make clear that we can expect - for the first time - that #Tsarnaev will address his trial and convictions.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:42:45 PM
Waiting for
#Tsarnaev to address the court, and perhaps his victims directly.

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:43:06 PM
Clark said her client offered to plead guilty but govt wouldn't do it.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:43:57 PM
Prosecutors and defense now talking re: fine points of restitution money and possible funds deducted from his prison commissary.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:44:56 PM
January 2014 was exact time Holder notified court US was seeking death penalty. #tsarnaev was offering to plead guilty to life an apologize.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:45:42 PM
Clarke talking about poss location of #Tsarnaev to N.H. prison while awaiting death sentence (not Indiana) to be closer to crime loc/victims

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:46:48 PM
Clarke suggests that NH prison site also in keeping with gov't argument (during "change of venue" debates) that best to keep case local

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:47:44 PM
#Tsarnaev sitting back in his chair now, his two hands locked together, as he awaits (apparently) to more fully address court for first time

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:49:30 PM
Most of the 12 jurors who sentenced #tsarnaev to death are here, don't have to be. Will hear him speak.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:49:44 PM
Judge says he goes along w/gov't position that prison in Terre Haute, Indiana is best place for Tsarnaev.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:50:12 PM
Judge says the sentence will be carried out in Indiana.
Terre Haute is federal death row.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:50:14 PM
#Tsarnaev now preparing to speak.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:50:24 PM
Tsarnaev: I want to express gratitude to Allah and his creation.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:51:12 PM
#tsarnaev rises to address judge, begins "in the name of Allah." Speaks softly. "I want to express gratitude to Allah and his creation."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:51:18 PM
Gives praise to Allah.
I want to ask forgiveness for Allah.
If you have thanked the people, you have not thanked God.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:51:38 PM
Tsarnaev is hard to hear, speaking in deeply religious terms. He thanks his attorneys and "people behind the scenes."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:51:50 PM
Thanks his attorneys.
"Made my life the last two years easy. I cherish their companionship."
Thanks those who testified for him.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:06 PM
"If you have not thanked the people you have not thanked God." He addresses his attorneys and thanks them, the jury.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:16 PM
I'd like to thank those who took time off of daily lives and testify. Thank jury and court. "If you are not merciful for God's creation...."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:26 PM
Id like to thank the jury.
I would like to apologize to the victims and the survivors.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:35 PM
"I would like to apologize to the victims and the survivors." He pauses.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:52 PM
Immediately after the bombing that I am guilty of, I learned of some of the victims, their names, their faces,t heir age.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:55 PM
immed after the bombing...I did do it. I learned of some of the victims. I learned their names , their faces, their age.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:52:57 PM
More of those victims were given names in this trial.
All those who got up there on the witness stand…related to me…something that
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:53:25 PM
Says he learned about the victims, the names, their souls, after the blasts.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:53:37 PM
During this trial, more of the victims had names. ....No soul is burdened w/more than it can bear.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:53:51 PM
Strenght, with patience with dignity.
Told us how unbearable it was.
Not enough time in the day…
I have respect for people
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:54:03 PM
Tsarnaev:" I am sorry for the lives I have taken....for the suffering I have caused and the terrible damage I have done. "

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:54:23 PM
I am sorry for the lives I have taken…the damage I have done….(showing emotion). I am Muslim. My religion is Islam.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:54:29 PM
"I am sorry for the lives I have taken and the suffering I caused and the damage I've done, irreparable damage."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:54:42 PM
I pray to Allah, to bestow his mercy on those affected in the bombing and their families…I pray for your healing…
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:54:52 PM
I am Muslim....the God I worship. I pray the God the bestow mercy on me. I pray for relief for your healing and well being and strength.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:54:53 PM
"I ask Allah to have mercy upon me, my brother and my family."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:55:11 PM
I ask allah to have mercy on me my brother and my family.
I ask Allah to have mercy on the Umah.
Thank you.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:55:27 PM
"I ask Allah to have mercy upon me, my brother and my family....Allah knows the best ...
Thank you."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:55:29 PM
Forewoman wipes a tear from her eye.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:55:37 PM
Courtroom is silent, full of emotion.

#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:55:41 PM
Tsarnaev is done with his statement. He sits down.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:55:53 PM
Judge speaking now, says he invited the jurors.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:56:13 PM
Judge is now thanking jurors who attended the sentencing.
"They are present now as members of the public."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:56:45 PM
Now judge is acknowledging that numerous jurors have decided to come to the sentencing, and repeats his thanks for their service.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:56:51 PM
#tsarnaev spoke softly, and low, with a bit of an accent. Hunched over as read statement. Now, leaning into side of chair.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 5:57:17 PM
"Much of the evidence in this case was hard to hear and see."
Great demands on their time.
To be utterly fair and impartial.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:57:43 PM
"Their careful verdict satisfies me that they" did their duty.
"The proof was in the pudding."
"This was an extraordinary case."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 5:58:45 PM