Tsarnaev lawyers: " Government might have a completely erroneous story"

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9. More detailed article here

Defense attorneys for the surviving suspect in the Boston marathon bombings said Monday, Sept. 23, they will ask for more evidence from prosecutors before the attorney general makes a decision on whether or not to recommend the death penalty.

At a status conference inside the Moakley District Courthouse in Boston, defense attorney Miriam Conrad said the evidence provided so far – which includes “a large amount of digital evidence, including videos and computer and telephone hard-drives” – is missing interviews and grand jury testimony from family members that might aid the defense’s case.

“We do plan to deliver to the government, hopefully by the end of the business day today, a detailed discovery request letter,” Conrad said. “But, that is not going to be the end all be all in the discovery requests for this case.”

Conrad said “extensive redactions” in evidence were “unnecessary” and the defense team believes the government is withholding evidence that might help their client.


http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x511627772/Tsarnaevs-lawyers-ask-for-more-info-before-death-penalty-decision#ixzz2fnA6F1pR


Reading the Boston Herald, you might believe the lawyers want more evidence only to save DT from the death penalty. Maybe I’m wrong, but this article seems to tell a different story. It looks like the lawyers demand evidence for the guilt question in general BEFORE talking about the death penalty.