. >> my name is karen brassard. >> [ inaudible question ] >> i don't know what justice is. i'm grateful to have him off the street. i'm grateful to show everyone -- the world -- that it is not tolerated. this is not how we behave and we're grateful that everyone has worked hard to know that we are not going to allow this. >> is there such a thing as closure here? >> no. and i say that personally just because it is not something that you'll ever be over. you'll feel it forever. there will always be something that brings it back to the forefront, but we'll all move on with our lives and we'll all get back to some sense of normalcy hopefully when this is all done. so closure -- i guess, i don't think so, only because it is forever a part of our life. >> what has this experience been like for you, coming into the courthouse and seeing the guy that did this? >> i'm usually pretty passive personality, so when i first came for at ryanment i was -- the aryan-- the arraignment, i was surprised how angry i was, and happy i was to see that he had some pain. but i'm just grateful to ha

this is karen brassard. >> and grateful to have them off the street. i'm grateful to show everyone, the world, that it is not tolerated. this is not how we behave it. juan: during the trial tsarnaev's defense attorneys admitted he joined his older brother tamerlan in setting off two explosions, but federal prosecutors still called 92 witnesses to the stand. they set the stage for what comes next. starting next week, the jury will choose between the death penalty and a sentence of life without parole. amy: all of this is taking place in a state that has rejected the death penalty. it has been 67 years since the last execution in massachusetts, and 14 years since its legislature refused to restore the death penalty. a recent poll by boston's npr station wbur found more than 60% of boston residents believe the admitted boston marathon bomber should receive life in prison instead of the death penalty if convicted. -- instead of the death penalty. the state attorney general has called for tsarnaev to be sentenced to life in prison. and on monday, the archbi

for karen brassard who was injured in the bombing says the next phase will be filled with anxiety. >> this case is not going to be through soon, it's probably going to take many years to get through it but that's one more piece of the puzzle being done. >> reporter: in many ways this case is just starting, defense counsel judy clark this could be the toughest job yet in her 20 year career. and u.s. attorney for massachusetts has tweeted today that the start date of the penalty phase for tsarnaev trial has not yet been set antonio. >> thank you john. and as john mentioned the outcome of the penalty phase is much less certain. coming up in a few minutes we'll talk with our legal analyst how this will play out. the people who died during the bombing and the chaotic issues that fold. youngest victim's family was near the finish line when the explosion. 29-year-old helped support her ailing grandmother for years. lynn gee lou originally from china has a passion for music. sean collier was a 27-year-old campus police officer who was gunned down inside his patrol car. his parents said he gav

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outside karen brassard who had been badly injured in the bombings tried to put these verdicts in perspective. >> i don't know what justice is. i'm grateful to have him off the street. i'm grateful to show everyone, the world that it's not tolerated. this is not how we behave. >> reporter: this was perhaps the most digitally documented terror attack in history. nothing during the trial had the impact and shock value of the surveillance images. jurors were shown never-before-released videos of 19-year-old dzhokar and tamerlan walking down boylston street that fateful day the defendant setting his backpack down and running away after it explodes. ed davis was boston's police commissioner at the time. >> i think the videotape that you've seen a piece of from the forum restaurant is the most damning piece of evidence. >> reporter: it was a willful act, setting a backpack down just feet away from his youngest victim. >> reporter: right. that happened because of the acts of this particular individual. >> reporter: that youngest victim eight-year-old martin richard. his father bill described make th

. >> reporter: but karen brassard permanently injured by shrapnel in the bombings writes he was grown up enough to make the decision to know what was going to happen to people. she supports the government's push for the death penalty. >> if this isn't the textbook example for a death penalty case there probably isn't one. >> reporter: something the jury must decide now as they write the final chapter in this highly emotional case. the jury must agree on the death penalty. if the vote is not unanimous the sentence will automatically be life in prison. jay gray nbc bay area news boston. >> federal officials are investigating a cell phone video posted on youtube appearing to show a police officer grabbing a camera from a woman and kicking it away. this all happened in southern california outside l.a. the video shows the woman pointing a cell phone or a camera at officers standing in front of a home. at one point an officer runs up to the woman, grabs the device, throws it to the ground. the police chief says officers were investigating a biker gang gathering at a bar nearby. >> we should

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for karen brassard, who was injured in the bombing the next phase will be filled with anxiety. >> the process is not going to be over any time soon, it will probably take many years to get through this but it will be good to have this behind us, one more piece of the puzzle being done. >> reporter: in many ways the trial is just starting. judy clark has kept many other defendants alive but this could be the toughest job yet in her 20 year career. john terret, al jazeera. >> and as the trial enters its next phase the focus will be on the fate of dzhokhartsarnaev. but we remember the victims those whose lives were lost. martin richard crystal campbell lindsay lou were killed near the finish line. others died days later. >>> four months after the formal end of combat operations, a soldier dies. and the end of war torn yes, yemen. >> a u.s. soldier was shot and killed today in eastern afghanistan. an afghan soldier opened fire after a meeting inial in jalalabad. the first death since the u.n. mission ended pack in november. jamie mcintire has the story. jamie. >> in today's attack, it's t

bombing survivor karen brassard said, quote it's not something that will ever be over. you'll feel it forever. it's forever a part of our life. survivor sydney corchoran said on twitter, guilty like we all knew he would be. great jurors. today my blood runs blue and yellow. hash tag boston strong. this year's boston marathon is less than two weeks away now, set for april the 20th. >>> a u.s. soldier was killed in afghanistan today. an afghan soldier opened fire after a group of american service members in jalal abaud. one of the americans was killed, two others injured before they killed the attacker. the shooting happened in the compound of a provincial governor after a meeting between afghan leaders and a u.s. embassy official. >>> president obama left joint base andrews within the past hour, headed for jamaica. then he will go to panama for the seventh summit of the americas. secretary of state john kerry will meet with his cuban counterpart at that summit, the highest level official meeting between a u.s. and cuban official in more than half a century. president oba

for karen brassard who was injured in the bombing, she says the next chapter will be filled with anxietye are aware this is not a process that's going to be over any time soon. it's probably going to take many years to get through this. but it will be good to have it that much further behind us one more piece to the puzzle being done. >> reporter: legal experts say in many ways this trial is only just starting. defense attorney judy clark has kept several others alive like ted kazynski and rudolph. >> the u.s. attorney for massachusetts has tweeted that the date of the penalty face for the tsarnaev trial has not yet been set. >> john, thank you so much four people lost their lives during the boston marathon bombing and the manhunt that followed. martin richard, crystal campbell lindsey lu, and sean collier. 8-year-old martin arnold his family were near the finish line when the second bomb went off just a few feet away. martin was killed. his sister mother and father were badly injured. then there is crystal campbell. she was a restaurant and catering manager, and her family says she was

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after the verdict, karen brassard who was hurt in the attacks along with her family spoke for a groups and family members. >> it's not something that will ever be over. you'll feel it forever. there will always be something that brings it to the forefront. but we're all going to move on with our lives and we're all going to get back to some sense of normalcy. hopefully when this is all done. so closure, i guess, i don't think so, just because it's forever a part of our life. we turn once again to adam reilly, who has been covering the trial for public television station wgbh. he was in the court today when the verdict came in. welcome back, adam. looking at the 30 counts handed in today, were there any surprises? were any of the counts anyone expected perhaps he might be found not guilty on? >> i don't know if there were any counts where we expected a not-guilty finding, but what the defense had really pushed on was, first off, the idea that dzhokhar tsarnaev played a key role in the murder of sean collier, the m.i.t. police officer fatally shot three days after the bombings. then the

martha: good for karen brassard. we hope she will. pictured here, judy clarke is a severe opponent of the death penalty. when you weigh the severity of the crime against the state's history how will this jury decide? we have the managing editor for "the boston herald" joining us and brian claypool, criminal defense attorney. glad to have you both here. >> hi, martha. martha: when you listen to the introduction you obviously are very familiar with the history of the death penalty in massachusetts, how do you think they will decide this case? joe, can you hear me okay? >> i'm sorry. martha: yeah. >> i think they're going to, go back into it in the same gus stow that they did for this phase of the trial. it was swift. it was guilty on all counts and i think that's what they're going to do, taking it very seriously but as everyone is saying this ratchets it up. this is when it gets really serious. martha: joe, staying with you here for a moment, given massachusetts's history, do you think there is a reluctance, and when you look at the po

like karen brassard. say they were relieved by wednesday's verdict >>:i'm grateful he's off the street and show the world that we don't behave like this >>reporter:no matter what happens next -- survivors say they will focus on their lives -- while a jury deliberates death. >>:: "i may be standing on one fake leg, but i'm standing here stronger than ever because someone tried to destroy me and he failed." >>reporter:in boston, i'm chris welch. >>james:coming up on the kron 4 morning news. another mark against the secret service. >>james:why one agent could soon be out of a job. >>james:plus.the cost of riding bart is going up. >>james:we'll let you know how much and when the the price will increase. >>james:and a bay area city getting commended for water conservation. >>james:coming up after the break we'll let you know which city and what they are doing to decrease water consumption. i love my mileageplus® explorer card. we're saving our united miles... ...for a trip to hawaii. we love free checked bags.

. >> reporter: karen brassard was also injured near the finish line and was in the courtroom for the verdict. she says for her, there will never be closure. >> it's not something you'll ever be over. you know, you'll feel it forever. there will always be something that brings it back to the forefront. >> reporter: others have hope. jeff bowman who lost both legs posted on his facebook account, today's verdict will never replace the lives that were lost and so dramatically changed but it is a relief and one step closer to closure. now the debate is whether tsarnaev should live or die. catholic church leaders released a statement on monday saying the defendant in this case has been neutralized and will never again have a chance to cause harm. "the boston globe" in the op-ed, spare dzhokhar tsarnaev the death penalty, saying even supporters of the death penalty should have some qualms about putting dzhokhar tsarnaev to death. family members face conflict. liz norden knows what she wants. >> justice for me would be the death penalty. >> reporter: rebecca gregory isn't so sure. >> whether

. >> reporter: karen brassard says sar tsarnaev does not deserve to live, even in prison. >>> he was grown enough intelligent enough to make the decision knowing what was going to happen to people. >> let's go to the federal courthouse in boston. nbc's ron mott. good morning. walk us through on what we can expect today and the days ahead. >> reporter: good morning to you. in a lot of ways this is the start of the defense's case here. dzhokhar tsarnaev over the next two, three, four weeks we'll learn a lot about the 21-year-old, his upbringing, his parents, his family his brother killed in the shoot-out, we'll hear about that from the defense counsel trying to spare his life. from the government's standpoint, we'll hear negative things about this young man, why the government wants to continue to pursue the death penalty, as you heard from pete williams in the reporting last week parents of martin richard, the 8-year-old boy who was killed near the finish line two years ago, they want the government to take the death penalty off the table, negotiate a deal with tsarnaev that would put

. >> that was boston bombing survivor karen brassard reacting to the guilty verdict of the boston bombingsystem can provide for justice and closure, the penalty phase. jurors deciding whether the defendant gets life in prison or the death penalty. he was there when the bombs went off. thank god he's still with us today. one of the things just for some context to this that -- so people understand. if they're not from boston they don't understand the marathon culture. it is like happy day in boston. everybody is there for the best of reasons, the best of circumstances. it's a jubilant environment so no one's on guard. so attack that matters even more in a way. and what does it demand as justice? >> well it's -- you're so right, chris. it's the -- the rite of spring begins in boston with the red sox opening day and marathon monday and they both kind of herald in the new season. so it is a time when people are happy and optimistic about what lies ahead. you know to re-live what happened two years ago and there for the grace of god go i. i am not a victim but i was 50 feet from the first blast