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Manner. he intentionally killed and attempted to kill more than one person. and then this is the little child, killed martin richard, who was particularly vulnerable due to youth. those are the statutories. i want to go through the nonstatutory. we have aggravators. we have a long list to consider. >> he suggested others would be justified in committing acts of violence and terror against the united states. that he caused injury, harm and loss to crystal campbell, martin richard, lindsey liu and...

He would not have committed these crimes but for his older brother tamerlan and that teachers knew him as hard-working, respectful and kind and considerate. high school and college friends knew him as thoughtful, caring, respectful. so i said slam dunk before. if they have to decide on these, they even get an easier standard to decide these, dont they? >> they really do. lets talk about a couple things. so glad youre doing this. it really brings us into that jury room in a manner of speaking to ...

Judge. are you surprised at all by this ruling? >> no. you mean that she said -- no possibility absolutely not. even arias team did not believe they could get that. what theyre hoping of course is that there will be an appeal. i know theyll file an appeal and that the whole thing will be thrown out. no i dont think this was a surprise today at all. the real surprise, there were two times where this jury was deadlocked on life or death. >> it is so interesting because the heinousness of this crim...

I highly encourage viewers to read it in the statutes. as we go through it as americans, go and read what the aggravators and mitigators are. the standards were met. its now the resonability of these 12 people. >> ashleigh banfield appreciate it. maj sure to catch ashleyighashleigh. karen broussard and her husband ron are survivors. he severed an artery, she was left with fragments in her ankle. last hour i spoke with one of the men who saved ron, about whether tsarnaevs life should be spared....

And if this community very much is opposed to death penalty, why go through this? why was it necessary to go through this? >> we went yesterday through the mitigators and aggravators, reasons for why he would qualify for the death penalty and why he would not. youre very familiar with them. does he, by the letter of law, qualify for being put to death? >> thats a complicated question. there are the aggravating factors and essentially ones the government has shown over the past 20 days of trial. ...

Many many hours if theyre doing their job right in that jury room assessing the life the value of that mans life in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. and heres the hard part. for anybody who needs the primer on the death penalty and what aggravators and mitigateors are like they list all the good things about this guy and they list out all the bad things about this guy and the crime. and then the jury is left with no scientific formula to do this sort of strange balancing act. but the...

Is. mitigators are things that could save his life. aggravators are things so awful that he needs to die. let me read out the ones in this case. in mitt grayigateoreors did he have the capacity to understand the conduct. was he under duress? did he have minor participation? were there equally culpable defendants in the crime? the brother. did he have a prior criminal record? in this case no he did not. number eight. other factors. this is basically an open basket to throw in anything in his back...

Be captured. not offer this defendant much sympathy at all. if its a close call were you part of the scheme did you cause the officers can death? i think theyre going with the prosecution. they did in this case. i expect the next 13 or so to be guilty. i dont think the defense is worried about convictions. theyre worried about the death penalty. >> we a wait the other 13. so far 17 of 17 guilty. before i bring in ashleigh banfield the final question to you. well go through aggravators and mitiga...

After 90 minutes with tamerlan and dzhokhar he managed to escape. i should mention ashleigh 17 of these 30 were death penalty eligible. theyre all included in what weve seen. hes found guilty on 17 of 17 of death penalty eligible charges count can s count. cash ashleigh the key thing is mitigators and aggravators. a lot of people say what exactly is that? why does that matter so much? what a will be presented by both sides here? >> this is the work judy clark has cut out for her now that we know...

Imprisonment issue. this is a second degree felony which carries 15 years. this is serious. there are aggravators, if you could show it was coercive, forceable, that could aggravate it to make it 30 years. this is a huge, huge deal. >> the final point, the future here in terms of -- >> florida state has a policy, if youre charged with a felony, unless there are extraordinary circumstances youre not allowed to play. if he is charged today it would be highly unlikely youd see him on the field this...