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Who Killed Sean Collier? Part Two: The Gun – Continued

August 17, 2016August 19, 2016 Heather9 Comments

Tracing the Ruger that killed Sean Collier reveals a lot of information not shown at Dzhokhar's trial.

Posted in Case AnalysisTagged biniam "icy" tsegai, boston marathon bombing, criminal justice, dzhokhar tsarnaev, merhawi berhe, sean collier, stephen silva, wrongful conviction

Who Killed Sean Collier? Part Two: The Gun

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 Heather5 Comments

A Ruger handgun killed Sean Collier, and the prosecution asserted Dzhokhar obtained the gun from a good friend. But the friend's story is plagued by vagueness and inconsistencies that throw the whole narrative into question.

Posted in Case AnalysisTagged boston marathon bombing, criminal justice, dzhokhar tsarnaev, incentivized informants, sean collier, stephen silva, wrongful conviction

Reader Q&A #1: Forensic Evidence of Sean Collier’s Murder

May 3, 2016May 6, 2017 Heather6 Comments

The burden of proof is on the prosecution. If there's no evidence found against the defendant, he is therefore innocent; he cannot be guilty simply because a microscopic possibility remains that some evidence against him might have been missed.

Posted in Case Analysis, Reader Q&ATagged dzhokhar tsarnaev, forensic science, forensics, innocence project, sean collier, tsarnaev, wrongful conviction

Who Killed Sean Collier? Part One: The Bike Man

March 17, 2016August 17, 2016 Heather28 Comments

An eyewitness testified that he saw Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Officer Collier's car, but did he really?

Posted in Case AnalysisTagged criminal justice, criminology, dzhokhar tsarnaev, eyewitness misidentification, false memory, sean collier, tamerlan tsarnaev, wrongful conviction

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