Judge Says Time Is Not Right For Juror IDs

“If I went out of my way and disrespected the judge and went up against his orders about researching things, then that wouldn’t have been very fair [and] judicious of me”.

Such motions are standard procedure after any criminal conviction, but Tsarnaev’s lawyers have argued that their request is based on their concern that the jurors, all from Eastern Massachusetts, were influenced by publicity before and during the trial. U.S. District Judge on Monday said he would not make the names of the other jurors public while Tsarnaev’s lawyers are still fighting for a new trial outside the city. The 22-year-old convicted terrorist was then sentenced to death by a jury on May 15.

Fagan is co-authoring an online book about his experience.

The 23-year-old Fagan also said he could relate to Tsarnaev because they are so close in age. Federal Judge George O’Toole says the names will be released once their identities are no longer part of the legal proceedings of the case. But he came to the decision that Tsarnaev should receive the death penalty. “Juror 83 – The Tsarnaev Trial: 34 Days That Changed Me” is expected to be released at the end of September.

Tsarnaev, now 22, is being held at the federal Supermax prison in Colorado pending his appeal, which will probably last several years.

Fagan said his mind often returns to the trial, and that he is seeking counseling to help process “what I heard, and what I saw” during the court proceedings. “It’d be really hard to get away or find like one group of people that had no connection whatsoever to what was going on, you know”.