Tom “Attorney Dad” Frizzell joins Heather for a legal breakdown of Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev’s December 2019 appeal hearing.
Appealcast #3 – Jahar’s Appeal Hearing
Tag: wrongful conviction
Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case, Part 3: The Micro, Continued
In this final podcast installment, Heather wraps up her discussion of the "micro": how the mainstream media coverage of Jahar's case fanned the flames of misinformation, which aided prosecutors in their bid to sentence him to death in 2015.
Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case; or, What I Learned in Grad School, Part 2: The Micro
Heather dives into her process for writing her thesis, the hospital confession notes, prejudiced FBI protocols, the dubious nature of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, how the politics of policing Jahar relates to Guantanamo, and just how far the devastating effects of Orientalism reach.
Regimes of Truth: Why Everything “Known” About the Boston Marathon Bombing is Wrong
An exhaustive new report, submitted by Heather Frizzell for her master's thesis at the University of Washington, explores the ways in which law enforcement, the mainstream media, and federal prosecutors manufactured prejudicial myths against Muslims in general and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in particular.
Four Years: State of the Blog
On the fourth anniversary of the blog, a little about where we've been, and where we're going.
Eight Early Takeaways from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Opening Appellate Brief
There's lots of promising arguments in the massive opening brief. Here are our initial impressions.
The Unusual Suspects, Part 2: Viskhan Vakhabov, the Phone Man
A phone call to Tamerlan Tsarnaev's friend two hours before the murder of Sean Collier changed everything I knew about the Boston Marathon bombing. So why did the government protect him?
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.
Three Years: State of the Blog
The blog hits its third year anniversary. A little bit on where I've been and where the investigation is going.
The Unusual Suspects, Part 1: The Cell Phone Shuffle
The government claimed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev coordinated the Boston Marathon bombing with a cell phone. The evidence shows something different.
