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>> AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT THE BOSTON BOMBINGS,
WE TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL
ASPECTS OF THE CASE.
>> JAMMED A HAMMER, OUR
LEGAL EXPERT IS HERE.
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, WHAT THEY NEED TO
CONVICT HIM?
>> THEY DO NOT NEED IT A
CONFESSION. THERE'S A BIG TO
DO ABOUT THE MIRANDA RIGHTS
AND VIOLATIONS. THE ONLY
PROBLEM WITH THE MIRANDA
RIGHTS IS THAT YOU WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO USE A CONFESSION.
INVESTIGATORS AND
PROSECUTORS ARE TRYING TO
FIND OUT IF THERE OTHER
PEOPLE INVOLVED. I DON'T
THINK IRAN THAT IS AN ISSUE
IN THIS CASE.
>> THEIR LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE UPSET THAT WHAT HIM
TRIED AS A MILITARY
COMBATANT BUT HE AS AN
AMERICAN.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS THE
CONSTITUTION STILL APPLIES,
EVEN FOR PEOPLE THAT WE HATE
AND ARE TERRORISTS. THIS
SYSTEM HAS WORKED PRETTY
WELL SO FAR SO I WOULD NOT
WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> WISE AS A FEDERAL CASE
AND NOT A STATE CASE?
>> THAT ARE ACTUALLY BOTH.
THERE ARE DUAL
YOU MAY HAVE A SITUATION
WHERE THE STATE PROSECUTE
THEM AND THERE IS A FEDERAL
PROSECUTION. THIS MEANS THIS
CASE WILL GO ON FOR YEARS
AND YEARS. THE BIG
DIFFERENCE IS UNDER FEDERAL
LAW THERE IS THE DEATH
PENALTY. FOR THOSE THAT WANT
THAT, THE ONLY WAY TO GET
THAT IS A FEDERAL
PROSECUTION.
>> WHAT ARE THEY SAYING AS
FAR AS OUR GOVERNMENT'S
ABILITY AND THEY SAY THESE
GUYS JUST ACTED ON THEIR
ALL. IT IS MORE EMBARRASSING
THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO
IT.
>> THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT
WE NEED TO INTO WHICH
WAS THERE WAS AN ACTUAL
WARNING FROM BRUSHUP ABOUT
THIS SPECIFIC DIED SAYING
THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HIM,
THE OLDER BROTHER. HE WAS
CONSULTING WITH FOREIGN
TERRORIST GROUPS. WE DON'T
HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BUT
THE FBI HAS IT. WE HAD A
REAL WARNING ABOUT A REAL
TERRORIST AND WE WERE NOT
ABLE TO STOP HIM. COULD WE
HAVE DONE MORE? COULD THIS
HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?
>> THE FBI SAYS THEY HAVE
THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS FROM
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND WE
CANNOT FOLLOW EVERYONE
AROUND ALL THE TIME.
>> WE SURE WISH WE HAD
FOLLOWED HIM. NO ONE IS
PERFECT BUT WITH A SPECIFIC
WARNING ON A SPECIFIC
TERRORIST IT'S DISTURBING
THAT WE DID NOT STOP HIM.
>> THE KIT IS 19 AND THE
OLDER BROTHER IS 26, IT
SEEMS LIKE THE 26 YEAR-OLD
WAS THE MORE MILITANT ONE.
IS THERE ANY WAY EVER HIM TO
GET OFF SAYING HE WAS
CALLING OR BRAINWASHED OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> LOOKS LIKE IT IS REALLY
ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY.
WILL HE BE EXECUTED OR SERVE
LIFE IN PRISON? WHICH YOU
BROUGHT UP, I DON'T THINK
THEY WILL HAVE SYMPATHY FOR
A 19 YEAR-OLD KILLING AN 8
YEAR-OLD WITH A BOMB. I
THINK IT IS ONE SHOT, A
SMALL ONE IF HE FULLY
COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES. IF HE CAN HELP
THE GOVERNMENT UNDERSTAND
OTHER TERRORIST OR AT
UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED THEN THEY WILL SAY
THAT'S WORTH IT AND WE WAS
VERY BAD DEATH PENALTY.
>> WE HAD A YOUNG MAN A OLD
MAN WITH THE SHOOTERS IN
D.C. AND THE YOUNG MAN TRIED
TO USE THE EXCUSE THAT HE
WAS BRAINWASHED AND THE
COURT DID NOT BUY IT.
>> IF YOU ENGAGE IN HEINOUS
CRIMES IN YOUR 18 YEARS OLD,
YOU FACE THE DEATH PENALTY.
NO MATTER WHAT SOME OF
IDEOLOGY, I DON'T GET IT IF
YOU'RE AN ISLAMIC ON THE
LIST OR RIGHT WING AMERICAN
THAT WANTS TO BLOW UP A
CITY. KILLING 8 YEAR-OLD IS
THE KIDS, I DON'T SEE HOW
THAT FITS INTO ANYONE'S
IDEOLOGY. PROSECUTORS WILL
HAVE ANY SYMPATHY FOR THIS
KID. HE HAS TO GIVE SO MUCH
AID TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT
THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEY
WOULD TAKE THE DEATH
PENALTY OFF THE TABLE.
>> THE THING WE WILL SEE
SOMETHING PRETTY SOON?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT DEATH
PENALTY CASES, SCOTT
PETERSON OR TIMOTHY MCVEIGH,
WHEN THE DEATH PENALTY IS ON
THE TABLE, EVERYTHING SLOWS
DOWN. THERE IS BRACER
REQUIRED BY DEFENSE AND THEN