Regimes of Truth: Why Everything “Known” About the Boston Marathon Bombing is...
An exhaustive new report, submitted by Heather Frizzell for her master’s thesis at the University of Washington, explores the ways in which law enforcement, the mainstream media, and federal...
View ArticleOrientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case; or, What I Learned in Grad...
(Title image: US-allied British soldiers inspect Iraqi citizens outside of Basra in 2003.) Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher Orientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case; or, What...
View ArticleOrientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case; or, What I Learned in Grad...
(Title image: Photo of law enforcement white board after Jahar’s arrest.) Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher In this three-part podcast miniseries, Tom “Attorney Dad” Frizzell plays...
View ArticleOrientalism, Islamophobia, and the Tsarnaev Case, Part 3: The Micro, Continued
(Title image: A court sketch of Jahar from 2015, depicting him as older and more suspicious than he appeared in reality.) Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher In this three-part podcast...
View ArticleDzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Appeal Hearing: the Highlights
Yesterday, judges on the First Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments from Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev’s appellate team about why he did not receive a fair trial in Boston. Eric Bowsfield and I...
View ArticleAppealcast #3 – Jahar’s Appeal Hearing
Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher Tom “Attorney Dad” Frizzell joins Heather for a legal breakdown of Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev’s December 2019 appeal hearing. We discuss the most...
View ArticleVictory: The First Circuit Court Overturns Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Death Sentence
Title image: Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev (second from right) with a friend and wrestling coaches at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Holy cow. I’m writing this a few days late because, honestly, I’ve...
View ArticleAppealcast – First Circuit Decision Extravaganza, Pt. 1
Title image: Jahar, left, and his older brother Tamerlan, when they were younger. Heather and Tom Frizzell discuss the July 31, 2020 First Circuit Court decision to overturn Dzhokhar “Jahar”...
View ArticleAppealcast – First Circuit Decision Extravaganza, Pt. 2
Title Image: Sketch of Jahar and Judge George O’Toole in court, 2015. Continuation of Part 1. Heather and Tom Frizzell further discuss the July 31, 2020 First Circuit Court decision to overturn...
View ArticleHeather and Eric Read the Government’s Brief to Reinstate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s...
Apologies for the lateness of this update and the general quiet state of this site. I’ve spent much of my time during the pandemic working to turn research from this blog into a book about Jahar’s...
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