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But really it is up to the very capable jury. and -- and i am pleased with, with the result. a lot of people say well this brings so much closure. and it's not, you know, i am affect eed every day. i haven't stood in the shower in two plus years. and, a lot of survivors haven't. and we are still going through surgeries. we being the survivor community. you know, but i do think it is a milestone. i, myself, and others have been preparing for this trial for a very long time. over a year. and so in that case of the trial coming to an end, i feel like that closure is a really good closure to have ...

Penalty phase of this trial. >> the -- essentially the defense proceeding in the way they proceeded by not contesting the basic facts in the trial phase, is to hope to essentially build up credibility, and i think achieve some kind of catharsis so they have a better chance in the penalty phase. and obviously, you can't speak for the jury, but it did feel today there was a sense in boston from the coverage i read and the people i saw online talking about this, some sense of anguish, but some emotional catharsis associated with this verdict. >> catharsis is an interesting and very good way of de...

Of several weeks of graphic testimony. and the beginning the incipient part of the other phase, the penalty phase of this trial. >> the -- essentially the defense proceeding in the way they proceeded by not contesting the basic facts in the trial phase, is to hope to essentially build up credibility, and i think achieve some kind of catharsis so they have a better chance in the penalty phase. and obviously, you can't speak for the jury but it did feel today there was a sense in boston from the coverage i read and the people i saw online talking about this some sense of anguish, but some emotio...

They proceeded by not contesting the basic facts in the trial phase, is to hope to essentially build up credibility, and i think achieve some kind of catharsis so they have a better chance in the penalty phase. and obviously, you can't speak for the jury, but it did feel today there was a sense in boston from the coverage i read and the people i saw online talking about this, some sense of anguish, but some emotional catharsis associated with this verdict. >> catharsis is an interesting and very good way of describing what we're talking about, both in the courtroom and in the city of boston it...

Guilty. they're just doing the death penalty phase twice. martha: they're using this part of the trial phase to soften the ground for that argument. >> absolutely. martha: because the penalty phase will be when it will be decided whether or not he will get the death penalty. i want to put up one more quote from testimony of jeff bauman who lost both of his legs on that fateful morning. he says, i saw a flash, three or four pops, i was on the ground. i looked down, and i could see my legs. it was just complete carnage. you know, obviously this is tough for the jury but it is reality of what hap...