So now that some of the drama has died down,I want to put my two cents in.

At first people were pretty irate because they said the cover glamorized the bomber [I refuse to call him by his Americanized nickname,yes I'm that much of a jerk]. I really don't think that it did. It was obviously touched up a little and he was repatedly described in the article as a pretty boy that the girls went wild over but I found that to be quite the misnomer:a cheap journalistic tactic designed to draw the reader to feel warmth and sympthy for a young man who was somehow coerced by his older and more militant brother. It tried to make him seem more likeable. More HUMAN.

The article also noted that he had many friends but all insisted on being provided with psudonyms because, "They don't want them to have this following them the rest of their lives." Look. You live in Boston, you go to Cambrige and you all smoke copious amounts of chronic if the article is to be believed.He was a drug dealer,again,if this is to be a fact. He was selling a lot of weed, stored in his dorm room fridge. And one of his friends, barely 19, had no idea he had the right to have an attorney while being questioned by the FBI about all this? Anyone who has ever seen an episode of Cops knows what their Miranda rights are. I didn't attend an Ivy league school and I know that.

The piece was well written. If you haven't read it,do. It is insightful and gives knowledge about how this happened. But for myself, it did the opposite of creating sympathy for the bomber. My sympathy died when I read that he scrawled a small manifesto inside the boat he hid from the police in that ended in the words:"F*** America"

From MSN:

This link has some interesting legal terms that are gonna to take me an hour to figure out. Gotta read it later. And I have bronchitis or something and I don't want to lose this link! The family dynamic in this case isn't something I think people are reaching far and wide enough to understand. We all know the older brother, right? He's being called the mastermind. But there's more.

A LOT more. Read this! Imagine the FBI listening to your conversations with your family......in prison.....or anywhere, really....

Ok,someone has a fever and needs to go back to bed LMAO 

http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/defense-says-bombing-suspects-family-key-to-case

This just in: MSN is reporting that the sister of Dzhokhar Tsanaev, Alina, is being charged with aggravated harassment after making threats to a Manhattan woman that she could bomb her.

Yeah, you read that right.

She turned herself in at a Manhattan police precinct where she had already violated the terms of an earlier probation, a case involving passing a counterfit bill.

Okay.....withholding all the "build a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom" jokes......[I've heard them all!] What the hell kind of person would make that kind of comment if your brothers are suspected terrorists? I believe I said it in an earlier post: the FBI is watching these people and listening to what they say to the brother in visitation. And if she was on probation they were really going to double down on her. Not the sharpest tool n the drawer,yo.

Link.    

http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/boston-suspects-sister-charged-in-ny-bomb-threat

Robol Phillopos, friend to bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsanaev has been convicted on Tuesday on two counts of lying to federal authorities in the investigating of the 2013 bombing. He lied about being in the dorm room at the University Of Mass-Dartmouth after the bombings. He faces up to 8 years in prison on each count and $250k. He will be sentenced by January 29, 2015.

Defense lawyers argued that Phillopos was "a frightened and confused 19 year old" and his involvement was a case of "sheer coincidence and bad luck." I personally have never lied and had it be a matter of sheer coincidence and bad luck but good luck running that one by on appeal.    

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/justice/boston-bombing-suspect-friend/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

The jury selection  of accused terrorist and Boston bomber Dzhokar Tsanaev was profiled by CNN analyst Ann O'Neill and reported on for her feature called The 13th Juror and her personal twitter [@Anno]. Really interesting stuff there.

Something I didn't consider, and I think is crucial to point out, is that the jury has been told they will see graphic images and if Tsanaev sees something really hardcore of his brother's demise, he could easily lose it in front of a jury. The jury may see images of one of the victims, an 8 year old boy and not able to look at that, will conversely focus on the defendant. That will be a defining moment, the one I believe that will be when his guilt or innocence is determined.

I don't think he's got a chance in hell. What happened is just too horrible.

Check out Ann O'Neill's CNN feature "The 13th Juror" at the link below, or follow her Twitter @Anno . 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/06/us/13th-juror-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-image/index.html

March 5,2015 From The Associated Press:

The jury heard testimony from victims of the bombing in the trial of Dzhokhar Tzanav yesterday and it was graphic, describing how several people lost limbs and one woman held her best friend's hand as she bled to death on the pavement in the street.

Tzanav's lawyer admits he is guitly of the crime but in a bid to spare his life, paints him "as being under the malevolent influence of his older brother Tamerlan," who was considered to be the planner of the crime and was killed in a shoot out and get away attempt days later.

I was under the mistaken impression he was run over by his little brother who was trying to flee the scene in his car. Not sure on that one, I'll have to get my crap together, yo. I'm really behind on everything. It's been a real situation around here this week.

Here's your linky dink, with a short video.        

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jurors-hear-graphic-accounts-of-boston-marathon-bombing/ar-BBicDOR

The defense team has tried to spin the so called "manifesto" and Twitter comments of Dzhokhar Tsanaev for the jury this week as the goofing off of a young pothead who had nothing more in mind than the adoring worship of his older brother. Oversimplification? Maybe.

I'm not buying it, and I suspect nobody else will either. See for yourself.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/us/tsarnaev-tweets-writings/index.html

MSN/Reuters: The defense for Dzhokhar Tsanaev suggested in court today that the writings inside the boat he hid under in the wake of the manhunt were possibly paraphrased from the writing of Al Qaeda propaganda. 

Defense attorney David Bruck suggested that the radicalization of Tsanaev could have started at the hands of his older brother, Tamerlan but his writings bore similarities to terrorism literature he might have read and quoted on his Twitter page before the bombing.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/roots-of-accused-boston-bombers-note-argued-at-trial/ar-AA9Vvhd

The actual link said, "How a stoner became an accused bomber", well you know I couldn't resist that one, because all the stoners I know are far too laid back to bomb anything except maybe a shot or two of Jagermeister. No kidding, I really don't know any stoners that have ever blown anything up. What a total misnomer, CNN.

What it turned out to be was this gallery of photos of Tsanaev and a simple biopic of how he became the person on trial for the bombing and deaths of innocent citizens and law enforcement in the aftermath of the act, while he and his brother were being chased. Mostly, his brother is villianized and he is painted as a participant in the sense that he had run out of options: he was flunking out of UMass, he had lost his family [they had gone back to Russia] and he seemed to have very little purpose. No job, no girlfriend, no goals, not much of anything except the radicalization taking place that produced this tragic end. Tamerlan is gone, he isn't here to answer for any of this and i have to think that is exactly how he wanted it. he never meant to be around for the aftermath. It's down to Dzhokhar, and they are speculating about him taking the stand. I doubt he will. Have a look through this gallery of images.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/27/us/tsarnaev-13th-juror-jahar-radicalization/index.html

Guilty on all charges.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/tsarnaev-guilty-on-all-charges-in-boston-marathon-bombing/ar-AAazUmL

From The Guardian/MSN: Dzhokhar Tsanaev's penalty phase moves on and the defense today has opened their case as to why he should be spared the death penalty. He has been convicted of 30 counts, 17 of which are punishable by death under the federal law.

Since the 1960's the federal government has only executed 3 people, despite convicting many under federal statutes.Timothy McVeigh, for the Oklahoma City bombing, Juan Raul Garza, who was convicted of a triple drug related homicide and and Louis Jones who was convicted of the rape and murder of a US Army private.  With the shortage of drugs used in lethal injection, and the international boycott by pharmaceutical companies, not to mention the appeals process, Tsanaev may live for many years despite the verdict.

According to the Federal Death Penalty Resource Council Project, between 1988 and 2014 the federal government took 229 capital cases to trial. In only a third of them were the defendants sentanced to death. In some of those cases, a plea deal was reached, but no plea was offered to Tsanaev, the government has been adamant about persuing the death penalty in this case.

A Boston Globe poll released on Sunday revealed that less than 20% of MA residents support the DP for Tsanaev [this is kind of a surprise to me] and in the city of Boston, that number was less than 15%. Judy Clark, who also represented Timothy McVeigh, is expected to make an impassioned plea for his life, claiming that he was infuenced and manipulated by his older brother Tamerlan, believed to be the mastermind and creator of the explosive devices planted at the scene.

Two links for you: the article, and a Wikipedia page on capital punishment.          

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/boston-marathon-bomber-unlikely-to-be-executed-%E2%80%93-even-if-jury-votes-for-death/ar-BBiJscJ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States

AP/MSN:For the first time in court, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dropped his blank, impassive demeanor and cried as his sobbing aunt briefly took the stand Monday in his federal death penalty trial.

Tsarnaev, 21, wiped tears from his eyes quickly and fidgeted in his chair as his mother's sister sobbed uncontrollably. He had maintained a disinterested expression since his trial began in January.

I am not going to go into a big long commentary on this because, well, I've commented on this at length, and it's pretty obvious how I feel. This dude crying and blowing kisses at his family in court is IMO, pointless. He cried in court, finally. He's showing some emotion, at last. but it's not for the victims. It's for himself. Here's your link.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/boston-marathon-bomber-cries-wipes-eyes-as-aunt-takes-stand/ar-BBj8DiA

MSN/Reuters: The jury in the case of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsanaev sentenced him to death for his participation in the bombings with his brother Tamerlan Tsanaev. They deliberated for 15 hours and chose lethal injection over life without the possibility of parole. Of course, this doesn't mean he's going to go fast. There's going to be  an appeals process that will take years. MA has not put anyone to death in 70 years, and abolished the DP, but since this was tried as a federal crime, he could [and was] sentenced under federal guidelines, making him eligable for the death penalty.

Not really surprised by this. I know the state wasn't for it, but the crime was so notorious, if they hadn't given him the DP, it would have been a huge cluster . Here's your link.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/boston-marathon-bomber-tsarnaev-sentenced-to-death-for-2013-attack/ar-BBjOydK

Reuters/MSN: Dias Kadyrbayev, friend to Dzhokhar Tsnaev, has been sentenced to 6 years for obstruction of justice [meaning not calling the police when he realized he knew who the bomber was] in the attack in Boston.

He was one of 3 friends who removed evidence from Tsanaev's room 3 days after the bombing, including his backpack which contained fireworks. Allegedly, his computer was removed as well.

One of the things I remember from another article is that the friends said was that they didn't realize that they had the right to have an attorney while being questioned by the FBI. How do you not know that?!? It blows me away how many people don't know that you have that right. If you are reading this.....YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY! Because trust me, everything you say, can and WILL be used against you in a court of law. Just ask this kid, who is barely 21. The 2 other friends will be sentenced on Friday.

Link.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/friend-of-boston-bomber-apologizes-for-obstructing-investigation/ar-BBkArWv