The Family Of 8 Year Old Boy Killed By Boston Bomber Testifies During Trial

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A photo of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Bombing. Photo: Boston Globe

An 8-year-old boy who once urged people to “stop hurting each other” was literally blown apart by a homemade bomb as he watched the 2013 Boston Marathon with his family, jurors heard Monday.

Federal prosecutors rested their case with grisly testimony about how the bomb Dzhokar Tsarnaev placed near the marathon’s finish line tore through the bodies of Martin Richard and Lingzi Lu, a 23-year-old grad student.

A second bomb placed by Tsarnaev’s brother, Tamerlan, killed Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a gun battle with police three days after the bombing. Continue reading “The Family Of 8 Year Old Boy Killed By Boston Bomber Testifies During Trial”

Crime Expert Charles Montaldo Details “The Stages of a Criminal Case”

cuffsIf you have be arrested for a crime, you are at the beginning of what could become a long journey through the criminal justice system. Although the process may vary somewhat from state to state, these are the steps that most criminal cases follow until the case is resolved.

Some cases end quickly with a guilty plea and paying a fine, while others can go on for decades through the appeals process. Continue reading “Crime Expert Charles Montaldo Details “The Stages of a Criminal Case””