Tsarnaev may get unmonitored visits with family

Source: Boston Globe

A federal judge said today that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may be able to get visits from his family in prison without being monitored by an FBI agent.

Defense attorneys had argued that they wanted the family to be able to speak freely during the visits so they could see the “story” of the Tsarnaev family.

US District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. brushed aside prosecutors’ suggestion that the FBI agent’s presence was necessary for security.

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The judge also ruled that Tsarnaev could see autopsy photos of his victims, despite prosecutors’ arguments that allowing him to see them would violate the victims’ privacy and subject them to needless suffering.

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