Filling In The Gaps
There are a lot reports coming to fill out the picture of the Tsarnaev brothers.
Their parents are divorced, and the father returned to Russia after the divorce.
They have a sister who is married to a policeman in Chechnya, which is the connection the aunt was talking about in her interview.
Tamerlan has an American wife and daughter, who are now at her parents’ home in Rhode Island. She is a home healthcare aide and has been putting 70+ hour weeks, while Tamerlan was supposedly caring for their daughter.
The mother says that she introduced Tamerlan to the Koran and Islam to calm him down after he got into trouble a few years ago. Tamerlan convinced his wife to convert to Islam.
The FSB [Russian Federal Security Service] asked the FBI to interview Tamerlan after they discovered supposedly radical videos being linked to on his YouTube page.
Jokhar was arraigned on both state and Federal charges from his hospital bed today and will have public defenders appointed. The Federal charges carry the death penalty, as expected. Massachusetts doesn’t have the death penalty.
I don’t see this going to trial, there is too much hard evidence for a competent defense attorney not to counsel a plea bargain. That said it is highly unlikely that Jokhar will ever be eligible for release.
April 22, 2013 4 Comments
Show A Little Respect
She’s the only planet we have, if we blow it, we can’t pack up and move.
Wikipedia as an Earth Day entry, with links to other sites.
April 22, 2013 4 Comments
