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THE BOSTON MARATHON
TERROR TRIAL BEGINS
HOW MANY MORE TSARNAEV BROTHERS ARE OUT THERE?
ANTI-RADICAL ISLAM GUEST: Dr. Charles Jacobs, is President of Americans for Peace and Tolerance. Jacobs has been widely published, including in The Boston Globe, The Jerusalem Post, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, and he currently writes a column for the Boston Jewish Advocate.
“Prosecutors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial quickly conveyed the sense of fear, pain and grief caused by the 2013 attack — by letting the victims do it for them.
It was too much for the defense. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev complained to the judge Thursday that the survivors’ testimony was too gruesome and should be limited in the future.
Defense attorney David Bruck objected to the extent of testimony Wednesday from three women who described their injuries in detail and what they saw on the day of the attack. Bruck said that under the federal death penalty law, victim impact testimony was supposed to be presented during the second phase of the trial when the jury decides punishment.
Prosecutors denied that any of the survivors gave victim impact testimony and said they merely described what they saw.
Judge George O’Toole Jr. agreed with prosecutors and denied the motion to limit survivors’ testimony.
The first witness to testify Thursday was a policeman who was the first officer to reach 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, one of three people killed after the twin bombs exploded at the marathon.”
READ: http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/03/judge_nixes_motion_to_limit_bomb_survivors_grisly_testimony
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ABOUT: Americans for Peace and Tolerance is a Boston-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peaceful coexistence in an ethnically diverse America by educating the American public about the need for a moderate political leadership that supports tolerance and core American values in communities across the nation. Americans for Peace and Tolerance is an organization composed of concerned citizens, academics, and community activists. As Christians, Muslims, and Jews, we are united by the need to keep America hate-free. We believe peaceful coexistence among diverse ethnic populations is only possible if we promote a climate of tolerance and civil society.
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