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Just this past weekend, jeff heard sergeant murphy was nearby, he invited him to lunch and that is a picture of the two of them together. jeff baumann one of the victims of the boston bombing expressing his support for sergeant murphy. >> interesting. let's take this to the legal eagles. can he do this? >> he's not supposed to, but i think his lawyers hit it right on the head. how is this going to affect the trial. tsarnaev's due process, up in of these pictures will affect whether he get as fair trial or not. it's the way police departments are run. paramilitary. rules are the rules. you can'...

To hear the colonel describe sergeant murphy as, quote, a man of character and a man of honor. >> the sergeant's lawyers telling -- speaking out at least. >> yeah, basically sergeant murphy's lawyer said today that it is complete nonsense to suggest that the release of these pictures will in any way affect the ultimate trial. listen. >> not going to do anything to the trial. i do understand why the lawyers are upset. i get upset when i'm doing a trial and somebody is releasing stuff. but, no, it won't affect the trial in the slightest before sergeant murphy would never do anything to damage th...

That kind of evidence. he also said, quite clearly that he believes sergeant murphy will keep his job, listen. >> in the realm of possibilities, we have a very specific organizational chart that we follow for disciplinary matters. it could, you know, conceivably the idea of termination could be out there. again, i'm the colonel of the state police, i'm going to say to you that that is not a realistic option in this case. >> colonel called sergeant murphy a man of character and a man of honor, shep. >> shepard: sergeant murphy's lawyer spoke today, right, jonathan. >> his lawyer said he hopes u...

I'm not surprised. he's gotten a lot of support from victims' families who have reached out to him. >> and what are the victims' families saying? >> thanking him. thanking him for having the courage to do this. to, you know, the fact that this kid was put on the cover of "rolling stone" offends all the people involved in the process and it could lead to copy cat the situations. >> so, sergeant murphy is now suspended, right? could he really lose his job over this? >> we hope not. we have a lot of faith in the state police administrative system. and we shall see what they do. i certainly hope h...

Law enforcement, right? >> these photographs have nothing to do with his trial or his prosecution. it really doesn't. i understand the rules. i understand why the people in charge are upset about it, but there's no chance, sergeant murphy would do anything to jeopardize the prosecution. he just wouldn't. >> where does this case stand now? when will the decision be made as to whether any further punitive action will be taken? >> well, that's up, that's up to the state police. we have a meeting tomorrow, an initial meeting with them but that's up to the administration. as of now, i'm not aware o...