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35. UPDATE: Tsarnaev apparently aims to repeal his "confessions"

Tue May 21, 2013, 06:29 AM

May 2013

This actually deserves an own thread, but with 6 posts I'm not ripe for that.

Judge rejects Tsarnaev photo request

From: AAP

A FEDERAL judge has rejected a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to take photos of him in prison.

Tsarnaev's legal team wanted to take the pictures to show changes in his condition, both mental and physical, but US Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler ruled that authorities at the prison will instead take the photos, then provide them to defence lawyers and prosecutors.

*snip*

The photos could be used to challenge whether Tsarnaev was emotionally and physically fit enough to talk to interrogators after his capture - and whether he did so voluntarily.

The pictures could also be used in "mitigation arguments" against the death penalty, should prosecutors choose to pursue that punishment, the records show.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/judge-rejects-tsarnaev-photo-request/story-e6freoo6-1226645781075

It looks like Tsarnaev's "confessions", regardless if he made them in the hospital or under the boat, are worthless.

This trial is going to be a thriller.

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Note: Boston Bombing Suspect Allegedly Wrote Confession In Boat, CBS Reports [View all] Generic Other May 2013 OP

I suppose this will be admissable in court. boston bean May 2013 #1

I suppose he thought he'd be dead when they read that Generic Other May 2013 #2

I don't think so. boston bean May 2013 #3

The person does not have to die, just have thought they were when they said it treestar May 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Mnemosyne May 2013 #4

Maybe the note was written in blood inside the hull and the police..... Brother Buzz May 2013 #5

Ya never know, at least we never will! Mnemosyne May 2013 #6

It says "on the inside of the boat." morningfog May 2013 #11

Missed that, thanks. nt Mnemosyne May 2013 #12

Why is that impossible? treestar May 2013 #18

As do I. NCTraveler May 2013 #19

I never said it was impossible. Just didn't strike me as a big writer. nt Mnemosyne May 2013 #25

+1 HiPointDem May 2013 #21

Marker on inside of boat. Not pen and paper.nt msanthrope May 2013 #36

He wrote on the inside of the boat................. Marrah_G May 2013 #42

It took investigators a month to find a note inside a small boat? GoneFishin May 2013 #7

Who says it took them a month to find it? zappaman May 2013 #8

They obviously saw it before now, HappyMe May 2013 #13

Sure, because he just happened to have a notepad & pen on him when he was fleeing for his life ... Myrina May 2013 #9

He wrote it on the boat itself Yo_Mama May 2013 #14

Makes the boat even more valuable/historic treestar May 2013 #20

I'd destroy it, if it were mine Yo_Mama May 2013 #29

Indeed Mr Dixon May 2013 #40

Derp Derp Derp He had paper and pen??? Derp Derp Derp WilliamPitt May 2013 #10

Cute white boys can't be terrorists! Yo_Mama May 2013 #15

Could not have said it better. zappaman May 2013 #16

A six derp alert from Will Pitt! Generic Other May 2013 #27

sharpie! librechik May 2013 #22

The dumb in this thread is actually starting to make me feel sad snooper2 May 2013 #23

What if the trial reveals DT did not plant the bomb? temmer May 2013 #24

Are you questioning if he was one of the bombers? Who do you think did the bombings and why? uppityperson May 2013 #26

innocent until proven guilty temmer May 2013 #28

"innocent until proven guilty" is only in a court of law. Lots of people are guilty of lots of uppityperson May 2013 #30

It's up to you to respond temmer May 2013 #31

People have a tendency to confuse presumption of innocence in a court of law with being guilty in uppityperson May 2013 #32

Have you seen the video? temmer May 2013 #33

So your complaint is that information was not released to the public fast enough? And again uppityperson May 2013 #34

I am Marrah_G May 2013 #43

UPDATE: Tsarnaev apparently aims to repeal his "confessions" temmer May 2013 #35

No...his confessions will not be 'worthless.' The boat writing will msanthrope May 2013 #37

I respectfully disagree temmer May 2013 #38

Um, no. Neither of your claims about the evidence go to the issue of admissibility in msanthrope May 2013 #39

I stay corrected temmer May 2013 #41

Repeal? What does that even mean? And the prosecutors didn't miss any deadline..... msanthrope May 2013 #44

Source temmer May 2013 #45

You are using Iranian State TV and a guy with an economics degree? That explains a lot. msanthrope May 2013 #46

you're funny temmer May 2013 #47

A press release? By whom? Why not cite the original? You see I doubt the original claims msanthrope May 2013 #48

Enough palaver - you can find the story everywhere. Just look for yourself temmer May 2013 #49

The only story I found was that prosecutors claimed exception to the 30 day rule msanthrope May 2013 #50