Heather and Tom Frizzell further discuss the July 31, 2020 First Circuit Court decision to overturn Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev's death sentence. In this episode, we talk about the remainder of the appellate rulings and the significance of the "smaller" issues, including the far-reaching consequences of anti-Muslim bias, new case details revealed by the decision, and the vacation of three of Jahar's convictions in the guilt phase. We also discuss the political reaction to the decision, next steps for the appeal, and what you can do to help.
Tag: wrongful conviction
Appealcast – First Circuit Decision Extravaganza, Pt. 1
Appealcast #3 – Jahar’s Appeal Hearing
Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case, Part 3: The Micro, Continued
Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case; or, What I Learned in Grad School, Part 2: The Micro
Regimes of Truth: Why Everything “Known” About the Boston Marathon Bombing is Wrong
Four Years: State of the Blog
Eight Early Takeaways from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Opening Appellate Brief
The Unusual Suspects, Part 2: Viskhan Vakhabov, the Phone Man
Appealcast – Updates in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Appeal
Heather and Tom dive into developments in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's appeal. In a July 2018 filing by appellate counsel, his lawyers have forecasted some of the many arguments they intend to make on appeal, which may be filed this November. We discuss venue changes; negative pre-trial publicity at the hands of a recently suspended Boston Globe journalist, Kevin Cullen; death-qualified juries; forced confessions; the discovery that prosecutors used secret ex parte filings to suppress information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's potential involvement in a 2011 triple murder, and more.