05-17-2013, 08:13 AM
I'd like to see authentication of the boat note too, CN. If the the accused bomber pleads not guilty, prosecutors will need more than simply the word of authorities to enter it into evidence.
That authentication may already exist; Tsarnaev may have confessed on tape to writing it when he was initially questioned whilst in the the hospital. If so, authorities probably have photos of the boat note. If he pleads not guilty, prosecutors can secure handwriting experts to verify that it was penned by Tsarnaev...
P.s. Though the boat note could serve as a major piece of evidence against him at trial as a form of written "confession", confession wouldn't have been Tsaernaev's purpose for writing it. He likely wrote it to claim credit and be viewed as as a martyr/hero for the cause. Standard procedure for Islamic fundamentalists, both the fully indoctrinated and the self-radicalized. IMO.
That authentication may already exist; Tsarnaev may have confessed on tape to writing it when he was initially questioned whilst in the the hospital. If so, authorities probably have photos of the boat note. If he pleads not guilty, prosecutors can secure handwriting experts to verify that it was penned by Tsarnaev...
P.s. Though the boat note could serve as a major piece of evidence against him at trial as a form of written "confession", confession wouldn't have been Tsaernaev's purpose for writing it. He likely wrote it to claim credit and be viewed as as a martyr/hero for the cause. Standard procedure for Islamic fundamentalists, both the fully indoctrinated and the self-radicalized. IMO.