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We're being told top of the hour here, 3:00 eastern. i would imagine it's somewhere between the two. let me bring you back ari, into the conversation. we heard ronan use two legal terms aggravating and mitigating. what do those terms mean? those are the different directions you can go with regard to penalty. the guilt phase is over. this is a convicted murderer. the only questions that the jury is looking at in the penalty phase is are there things about these murders that make them so bad it should be a worse penalty or somehow mitigated, less bad, essentially, that he might be spared that ul...

The way these things work the appeals will go on for a decade or more. >> pete, speak to us about now that we now that the jury's unanimous decision on several of these capital counts how we can understand the jury assessed and accepted many of the arguments the prosecution made about this convicted murderer? >> reporter: well, you know you go back to the guilt phase they found him guilty on every single count. remember what the jury -- what the defense's case came down to. they said the famous three words from the guilt phase he did it. they never denied the that dzhokhar tsarnaev was involve...

Start of the penalty phase for convicted bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. i'm joined by patricia wen from the boston globe. describe what it's like coming on the heels of the dzhokhar tsarnaev verdict, found guilty on all 30 counts, then we have the marathon happening right before the start of the penalty phase. >> i think this is a very emotional time. fortunately today's event went smoothly, it's a happy occasion. but tomorrow the trial really pivots into a whole new direction. the guilt phase obviously unfolded like a documentary, the defense admitted that dzhokhar tsarnaev did it and the prosecut...

The victims, those that died and those that managed to live through this horrific attack. i'm interested in what you're hearing from them. i mean are any of them saying what they want to see happen to dzhokhar tsarnaev in terms of punishment? >> well i think there have been some who liz norden for example the mother with two sons that each lost a leg, she's spoken out in favor of the death penalty. there are some other victims who said i think they are philosophically opposed. i think it's been awkward for some victims at this stage of the trial, during the guilt phase, to sort of say if they ...

They have to say we can apply the death penalty, which in effect sounds like you end up with a jury in boston any way, that's not representative of the community. >> i think the framers of the constitution would be turning over in their graves like this. jurors were supposed to represent the views of the choun community. it also brings about religious discrimination. can religious catholics serve on the jury or protestants that come from churches? it's a very skewed system. it also gives the prosecution an upper hand in the guilt phase. not in this case but in a close case. sometimes prosecuto...