2013 Boston Marathon

Thousands of friends, family and fans gather each with pride, happiness, and their cameras to capture the exciting moments of the bright and sunny April afternoon of the 2013 Boston Marathon. Their excitement is booming through the elated crowd and spreading like a wildfire. Sweat and tears are flying from exhausted runners and their long 26.2 mile journey to the finish. Everyone is so caught up in the moment, how could anything possibly go wrong? Needless to say, the detonation of two bombs was the last thing that would cross anyone’s mind until suddenly, it was the only thing on everyone’s mind. Two homemade pressure cookers are set off just 12 seconds apart and less than 100 yards from each other and in the blink of an eye an exciting day …show more content…
After four long days of investigation, Dzhokhar is captured and taken into police custody while Tamerlan was killed in a getaway attempt. Eventually, Dzhokhar receives a lawyer and is tried for his actions. This trial, like many others, does not consist of hours upon hours of interrogating innocent bystanders and lecturing lawyers; a lot of visual evidence was recovered and used for trial. According to “Trial Lawyers Cater to Jurors’ Demands for Visual Evidence” by Sylvia Hsieh, it seems like a requirement that lawyers need to balance both visual and audible evidence in presenting their cases due to the attention span of the jury. For example, a lawyer could make a great oration of their case but lose the attention of the jury after 30 minutes because of the lack of variety within the presentation. On the other hand, a lawyer could put together an enticing video presentation also losing the jury’s interest due …show more content…
“Lawyers…” describes the need for visual evidence in trials as well as how it is obtained and the challenges faced when doing so; however, it is not as practical as it seems. In the case regarding the bombing of the Boston Marathon, there was plenty of evidence available for use but was not used in the correct way, something Hsieh did not point to. In comparison with the two, lawyers from the Marathon trial utilized evidence in a way that would keep the attention of the jurors. Constant visuals or endless lectured would have lost their interest, causing them to miss important information that they would never be able to regain. The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did, however, cause controversy over the amount of intense evidence used to coerce the jury to act on emotion and decide that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be sentenced to