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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
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v. ) CRIMINAL NO. 13-10200-GAO
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DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV )

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE
Defendant, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, by and through counsel, respectfully moves to
continue the trial in this case to a date on or after September 1, 2015.
Introduction

The trial in this case is currently scheduled to begin just 16 months after the
defendant was indicted. This 16-month period is one-half the median preparation time
that federal courts have allowed defendants on trial for their lives over the past decade,
and would bring this case to trial faster than 103 of the 119 federal capital trials to get
underway since 2004.
We recognize that the government and many members of the public, especially in
the Boston area, may want the trial to begin quickly. But it is critically important that
any trial be fair, which means giving both sides, not just the government, enough time to
uncover and present all relevant evidence. Despite defense counsels best efforts, the
accelerated trial schedule has outpaced the requirements of so complex a case. A
substantial continuance therefore is necessary in order to secure the defendants rights to
due process of law, the effective assistance of counsel, and an individualized and non-
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arbitrary capital sentencing determination under the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth
Amendments.
In summary, the reasons justifying a reasonable continuance are as follows:

1. The normal challenges to investigating potential mitigating factors
in a high-profile capital case have been enormously increased and the
investigation has been hobbled and slowed by barriers of distance,
language, and culture, among many others.

2. The sheer scope of the law enforcement investigation of the
Marathon bombing, and the massive amount of testimonial, physical,
digital and expert evidence that it has generated, have overwhelmed the
ability of defense counsel to evaluate and respond to the governments case
in the time allotted. This already enormous challenge has been
exacerbated by the governments slow, inconsistent and disorganized
production of discovery material, and by its long-delayed and abstruse
expert disclosures, which have diverted defense time and resources, caused
needless litigation, and impeded defense preparation for trial.

3. Domestic defense mitigation investigation has been conducted amid
a growing atmosphere of anxiety and agitation generated by highly-
publicized arrests, indictments, prosecutions, deportations (and, in one
instance, the FBI killing) of members of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan
Tsarnaevs peer groups. The investigation has been further hampered by
aggressive FBI follow-up tracking and questioning of potential witnesses,
as well as by the unrelenting attention of the news media. As a result, the
most basic defense investigative work of contacting and interviewing
witnesses who possess important information has been unusually time-
consuming and laborious.

In combination, these three extraordinary problems have created a situation in
which the defense cannot be prepared adequately to test the governments case, nor to
present the defendants own evidence in mitigation of sentence, by the current trial date
of November 3. Given the vital importance to the defendant and to the community that
any decision to impose the death sentence be, and appear to be, based on reason rather
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than caprice or emotion, Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 357 (1977), it would be
constitutionally intolerable to adhere to any trial schedule that would allow time for only
the governments side to be fully heard.
A. The current trial schedule is unusually fast compared to the normal practice
in the federal courts.

There can be no uniform answer to the question of how much time is needed to
prepare the defense of a capital case for trial, since each case differs in many ways from
every other. But before turning to the reasons why the defense in this case cannot be
expected to be ready for trial by November 3, it is instructive to establish a framework
based on the actual experience of the federal courts throughout the nation.
The main reason that we cannot be ready for a trial beginning on November 3 is
the governments decision to seek the death penalty. The threat of the death penalty
exponentially increases the issues and evidence that the defense must investigate and
prepare for. This is true of capital cases generally, not just this one. It is the reason why
capital cases almost always take longer to prepare and try.
To be sure, most federal capital cases are resolved by negotiated guilty pleas
leading to sentences of life imprisonment without possibility of release, rather than by
adversarial trials by jury. However, since J anuary 1, 2004, we are aware of 150 federal
capital defendants who have proceeded to trial with the government seeking imposition
of the death penalty. See Exhibit A, Declaration Of Kevin McNally Regarding Pre-Trial
Preparation Time (August 29, 2014). In these 150 federal cases that have actually
reached trial, district courts have allowed the defendants an average of approximately 36
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months preparation time between indictment and the start of trial. Id. The median time-
to-trial has been 32 months. Id. In this case, by contrast, the period between the
defendants indictment on J une 27, 2013, and the current trial date of November 3, 2014
is just over 16 months one-half of the median pretrial period, and a mere 44 percent of
the time allowed in the average defendants case.
1

In a previous declaration filed four months before the government announced its
intention to seek the death penalty in this case, the defendant advised the Court that data
collected for the vast majority of the 493 defendants against whom the Attorney General
had authorized the death penalty showed the average interval between indictment and the
trial date to be 28 months. See Declaration of Kevin McNally Regarding Pre-Trial
Preparation Time, DE 107-2 (filed Sept. 27, 2013). Though much longer than the 16-
month pretrial period currently in effect here, this 28-month figure significantly
understated the amount of pretrial preparation time generally allowed in the federal
courts, because roughly half of these defendants cases ended without trial, mainly
through plea bargains for life-without-release sentences. See Exhibit E, Federal Death
Penalty Resource Counsel Project, The Federal Death Penalty (Aug. 28, 2014). Thus, it
cannot be known whether those cases would actually have begun trial on the dates
reflected on the dockets. By contrast, the 36-month average and the 32-month median
1
An alphabetical listing of all 150 defendants known to have begun capital trials since
J anuary 1, 2004 is provided as Exhibit B. We also have provided a spreadsheet arranging
these 150 defendants by the number of months that elapsed between their indictments and
the start date of their trials. See Exhibit C. Exhibit D arranges this same data by trial
rather than by defendant, and reflects that a total of 119 separate capital trials have
commenced during the period since J anuary 1, 2004.

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reflected in Exhibit A encompass only those cases with unquestionably real trial dates
because all of those trials actually got underway on the dates listed. We have also
focused on the last decade so as to best reflect current practice.
2

We do not suggest that the trial schedule in this case should be dictated by the
schedules adopted in all of the federal capital trials over the past decade, or by any other
single consideration. But in deciding whether a given trial schedule allows the defense
too little time to prepare, the contemporary practices of all of the federal courts
throughout the nation provide a valuable baseline for comparison. Such a comparison
shows that this case is on a very fast track to trial. Indeed, if the case actually starts trial
on November 3, it will rank as the sixteenth-fastest federal capital case to reach trial out
of 119 such trials since 2004, see Exhibit D, and the pretrial preparation time permitted
the defendant will be less than that afforded 127 of the 150 individual defendants who
have stood trial in those cases. See Exhibit C. In considering the particular reasons why
the defense in this case needs more time to prepare, we submit that the Court can and
should give due regard to the overall record and practices of the federal courts on this
important question.
B. The legal standard.
The law governing appellate review of rulings on motions for continuance is well-
established. A half-century ago, the Supreme Court set forth these broad governing
2
The 2004 start point is also appropriate because it encompasses the entire period since
the Supreme Court underscored defense counsels constitutional obligation to conduct an
in-depth social history investigation in capital cases in Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510
(2003).

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principles:
The matter of continuance is traditionally within the discretion of the
trial judge, and it is not every denial of a request for more time that
violates due process even if the party fails to offer evidence or is
compelled to defend without counsel. A myopic insistence upon
expeditiousness in the face of a justifiable request for delay can
render the right to defend with counsel an empty formality. There
are no mechanical tests for deciding when a denial of a continuance
is so arbitrary as to violate due process. The answer must be found in
the circumstances present in every case, particularly in the reasons
presented to the trial judge at the time the request is denied.

Ungar v. Sarafite, 378 U.S. 575, 598-99 (1964) (internal citations omitted); accord,
United States v. Delgado-Marrero, 744 F.3d 167 (1st Cir. 2014). To be sure, because
each case is sui generis, United States v. Saccoccia, 58 F.3d 754, 770 (1st Cir. 1995),
appellate rulings on claims that trial courts abused their discretion in denying
continuances provide only limited guidance to a trial judge seeking to exercise
discretion fairly. That said, the First Circuit has listed these general factors governing
appellate review of denials of continuance:
A reviewing court must look first at the reasons contemporaneously
presented in support of the request for the continuance. See United States
v. Lussier, 929 F.2d 25, 28 (1st Cir.1991). Other relevant factors may
include such things as the amount of time needed for effective preparation,
the amount of time actually available for preparation, the amount of time
previously available for preparation and how assiduously the movant used
that time, the extent to which the movant has contributed to his perceived
predicament, the complexity of the case, the availability of assistance from
other sources, the probable utility of a continuance, the extent of
inconvenience to others (such as the court, the witnesses, and the opposing
party) should a continuance ensue, and the likelihood of injustice or unfair
prejudice attributable to the denial of a continuance.

Saccoccia, 58 F.3d at 770.

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A few of these factors may be dealt with at the outset. Because this motion is
made sufficiently in advance of trial, before jurors or witnesses have been summoned
(and indeed before the Court has determined the venue for trial), granting a continuance
now is unlikely to cause any substantial inconvenience to the Court, the witnesses, or the
government. As the Court is already aware, and as will be discussed in additional detail
below, the complexity of the case is obviously great. And while the amount of time
needed for effective preparation can never be calculated with precision, the fact that
much more preparation time is normally afforded in far less complex federal death
penalty cases across the United States weighs in favor of a finding that more time is
required for the defense to be effectively prepared. It is also important that this is the
defendants first request to continue the trial date, and that the case has not previously
been continued. Contrast United States v. Maldonaldo, 708 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 2013)
(upholding denial of ninth continuance in order to allow third substitution of retained
defense counsel). Ultimately, however, the question raised by this motion must be
decided by considering the reasons . . . presented in support of the continuance.
Saccoccia, 58 F.3d at 770. The following reasons touch on each of the remaining
Saccoccia factors and militate in favor of a continuance.
C. The reasons why a continuance is warranted
1. Overseas mitigation investigation. The first of these challenges the
impossibility of investigating the life history of a youthful suspect in just 16 months when
so much of the evidence must be sought across barriers of language, culture and
suspicion in conflict-torn regions of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Central Asia is
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described in detail in an sealed ex parte submission that accompanies this motion. The
reasons why this filing must be made under seal is explained in a separate pleading.
Suffice it to say here that public disclosure of the circumstances surrounding the defense
investigation in this case would greatly exacerbate the already-formidable obstacles that
counsel face.
2. The volume of potentially relevant evidence. The second extraordinary
feature of this case is its sheer size. The Boston Marathon bombing has been investigated
by more than 1,000 FBI and other agents from additional federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies, by an inter-agency task force representing the entire United States
Intelligence Community, and by at least five separate committees of the United States
Congress. The government has gradually produced some 6.7 terabytes of discovery,
including more than 100,000 pages (over 10,500 documents) of witness statements,
reports, photographs, and scientific tests produced in scanned formats; thousands of items
of physical evidence; and perhaps most daunting of all thousands of gigabytes of
digital evidence derived from a large and steadily-growing array of personal computers,
cellular telephones, portable hard drives and other digital storage devices, internet web
sites, and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and the Russian-language
Odnoklassniki. Most recently, the governments continuing expert disclosures were
accompanied by more than 90 gigabytes of additional data, including more than 110,000
non-Bates-stamped files contained in 10,000 unindexed folders.
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3
Even these dizzying statistics understate the magnitude of the discovery and other
disclosures received so far. Much of the 6.7 terabytes of discovery was provided in
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In a non-capital case, where the only question to be resolved is the defendants
factual guilt or innocence of the crimes charged in the indictment, defense counsel might
safely ignore much of this tsunami of evidence and information, and limit their attention
to the relatively narrow (albeit still massive) categories of evidence bearing directly on
whether the defendant helped perpetrate the offenses alleged. But in a capital case, the
issues bearing on the issue of sentence are much broader. In this case, for example, they
include the apportionment of responsibility between the defendant and his plainly
dominant older brother. Pursuing this single question and there are many others like it
requires that the defense identify and classify thousands of items of circumstantial
evidence contained in each of the brothers various computers and digital storage devices
so as to show precisely when, and in which direction, violent ideological material cited in
the indictment flowed between them. The government has already indicated that it plans
to call two FBI specialists in computer forensics and the management of digital
information to provide the prosecutions answers to these questions, but has yet to
provide any hint of precisely what evidence they intend to use from the digital devices or
what they intend to say about them. In a declaration filed along with this motion, the
defense has explained how laborious and time-consuming is the task of independently
analyzing this vast body of digital evidence, what remains to be done, and why the work
compressed files; we do not know (and have not used scarce time to find out) the volume
in terabytes those files proved to be, collectively, once unzipped. Likewise, to pick out
just one of many such examples, a single scanned page of the more than 100,000 pages
referred to above, Bates No. DT-0015743, bearing the title Discovery Photography
Drive, is actually a scanned picture of a hard drive which itself contains 24,558 separate
photo and video files in 794 folders.
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could not have been completed in the relatively short time allotted so far. See Exhibit F,
Declaration of William Fick.
Nor may the defense ignore the vast quantity of discovery bearing on the impact of
the Marathon bombings on the victims and the wider Boston community. Given the
governments repeated claims that the bombing was one of the most effective and
devastating terrorist crimes in recent U.S. history, and its recent disclosure that it will
seek to prove at sentencing the likely traumatic impact of the bombing and its aftermath
on countless thousands of Boston children and youth, defense counsel would fail to
fulfill their constitutionally-mandated role unless they fully evaluated both these claims
and the vast array of evidence on which they are based. See generally Gardner v.
Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 362 (1977) (due process violated by death sentence that was
imposed, at least in part, on the basis of information which [the defendant] had no
opportunity to deny or explain); Rompilla v. Beard, 545 U.S. 374 (2005) (defense
counsels failure to review court file that they knew would be used in aggravation of
sentence denied capital clients Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of
counsel). There is, in short, very little in this truly massive array of documentary, digital,
physical and expert evidence that the defense can safely disregard without examination.
For the foregoing reasons, this case would have proven too massive for the
defense to be prepared for a November 3 trial and the capital sentencing proceeding that
may follow even had government adopted a more cooperative approach to discovery.
But as exemplified by recent litigation regarding the governments inadequate and
untimely expert disclosures, the already-formidable obstacles have been compounded by
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the government's needless delays, disorganized data dumps, and its recurrent practice of
requiring the defense to litigate (at considerable cost in time and effort) our entitlement to
evidence (such as Tsarnaev family A-files, FBI interviews, and expert disclosures), only
to turn around months later and provide the information anyway, sometimes without
comment or explanation, in the midst of some new massive round of disclosures.
Countless FBI lab reports that were completed a year ago or more are only now being
disclosed, with the result that our deadlines for responding to and challenging the vast
array of scientific and technical evidence in this case have been needlessly compressed
into the last two months before the current trial date of November 3.
4
Leaving aside
whether the government has complied with its minimum discovery obligations, it might
have been expected to do better than this after pressing successfully for such an early trial
date. In any event, the governments actual performance in managing the discovery and
expert disclosures in this case provides yet another reason why this massive case simply
cannot be fairly brought to trial in less than half the time of the average federal capital
prosecution.
3. The impact of a growing atmosphere of fear on the mitigation
investigation.

In addition to the unusual obstacles created by distance, language, culture, and the
huge scale of the law enforcement investigation in this case, the defense mitigation
investigation within the United States has been hampered by continuing arrests,
4
A description of some of the challengesand time requirementsinvolved in
reviewing and evaluating the governments scientific and technical evidence as it has
been provided in this case is contained in the declaration of Frederick Whitehurst,
attached hereto as Exhibit G.
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prosecutions, and other law enforcement activity focused on those close to the Tsarnaevs
and the community in which they lived. By its very nature, this is an impediment that
can never be quantified with certainty, because witnesses who are too intimidated to talk
to us about our client or about his brother Tamerlan, for example, also are likely to be too
intimidated to tell us why. But it is undeniable that the period between the defendants
arrest on April 19, 2013 and the present has been marked by a succession of highly-
publicized arrests, deportations, federal criminal prosecutions, and even one killing of
former friends and acquaintances of both Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Most of
those targeted have been foreign nationals who inevitably fear deportation regardless of
whether criminal charges are ever brought or proven against them. The sequence of
events includes the following:
May 1, 2013. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, two Kazakh nationals
and college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are arrested and later convicted of
obstruction of justice and conspiracy in connection with their handling of certain
of the defendants belongings. Tazhayakov was convicted by a jury on J uly 21,
2014, and Kadyrbayev pled guilty on August 21, 2014. The prosecutions of both
men continue to be highly publicized throughout the Boston area.

May 1, 2013. Robel Phillipos, Dzhokhars high school and college friend, is
arrested and charged along with Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev with making false
statements to the FBI. Philliposs trial is set to begin on September 29, 2014.

May 22, 2013. Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Tamerlans
suspected accomplice in a 2011 murder of three men in Waltham, Massachusetts,
is shot to death by an FBI agent during questioning at Todashevs Florida
apartment.

May 30, 2014. Another friend of Tamerlan, Khairullozhon Matanov, is arrested
and charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to the FBI.
He is currently being held without bond.

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May 30, 2014. Konstantin Morozov, a friend of Tamerlan, is arrested and jailed
pending deportation, despite a pending appeal on his asylum application. The
arrest reportedly followed Morozovs refusal of an FBI request to wear a wire
while speaking to yet another of Tamerlans Chechen friends.

July 22, 2014. Stephen Silva, a high school and college friend of Dzhokhar, is
arrested on federal drug and gun possession charges. Law enforcement sources
immediately leak the allegation that Silva provided the gun named in the
indictment to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and that the same gun was later used to kill
MIT police officer Sean Collier. Silva is currently being held without bond.

In addition to these public arrests and prosecutions, the defense is aware of other
acquaintances of the Tsarnaevs who have been detained and placed in deportation
proceedings. Others with lawful immigration status have been detained for hours and
required to surrender their electronic devices upon re-entry to the United States.
To be clear, we do not to question the governments motives in pursuing criminal
or immigration violations. Rather, we list these subsequent cases and law enforcement
activities simply to make the intuitively obvious point that as such arrests, prosecutions,
deportations, and detentions increase, members of the Tsarnaevs peer groups inevitably
come to feel that any sort of cooperation with the defense investigation will risk attracting
attention from law enforcement and immigration authorities. Many of the witnesses who
are most necessary to the mitigation investigation are also most vulnerable to fear of law
enforcement reprisal. These include Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs high-school and college
friends and classmates, his fellow athletes, and members of the Chechen, Russian and
Muslim communities in Boston. These difficult circumstances are compounded by a
continuing pattern of aggressive FBI re-interviewing of potential witnesses on
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occasion within hours of an attempted contact by a defense investigator. And all of this
is occurring under the glare of unrelenting news media coverage.
To be sure, patient, time-intensive work with a few of these potential witnesses
has gradually secured some degree of cooperation. But in such a generalized atmosphere
of fear, where any sort of cooperation with the defense (as opposed to the FBI or the
prosecution) reasonably appears to carry great personal risk, it is taking the defense much
longer than normal to carry out the most basic investigative task of interviewing the
defendants friends, peers and acquaintances. And this in turn constitutes another reason
why this case has proven to be a poor candidate for a much faster-than-usual trial
schedule.
D. Other factors weighing in favor of continuance.
There are several other factors which support, even if they do not independently
compel, a continuance that would put this case on a pace closer to that of the great
majority of federal death penalty trials. These include:
Continuing leaks and outright advocacy in the news media on the part of current or
recently-retired members of law enforcement have exacerbated already high levels
of prejudice among the potential jury pool, and further diverted defense time and
attention into efforts ineffective so far to prevent recurrence.
As the government has argued in opposing the defendants request for a change of
venue, there is authority for the proposition that the prejudicial impact of pretrial
publicity tends to lessen over time. DE 512 at 14-16. To the extent that the
government is correct, the prejudicial impact of the undeniably massive publicity
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surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing (and the more recent follow-on arrests
and prosecutions of several of the Tsarnaev brothers friends) will tend to decrease
if this case were placed on a more typical pace to trial.
If the defendant is convicted of the capital counts against him, the current trial
schedule is likely to result in the jurys beginning sentencing deliberations around
the time of the second anniversary of the bombing (April 15, 2015), an event
which can be expected to produce an intense surge of highly emotional publicity
that could threaten the fairness of the proceedings.
We cannot overemphasize that this motion does not ask that Mr. Tsarnaev be
treated differently than other federal capital defendants. Rather, we are asking that he
not to be treated differently, and that he not be given far less time to prepare for trial
than is typically allowed in much less complex federal capital cases.
REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(d), the defendant requests that this motion be set for
oral argument. Counsel believe that argument may assist in the Court in resolving the
important issue raised by the motion.
Dated: August 29, 2014
Respectfully submitted,
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV

by his attorneys


/s/ Judy Clarke

J udy Clarke, Esq. (CA Bar #76071)
CLARKE & RICE, APC
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1800
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 308-8484
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J UDYCLARKE@J CSRLAW.NET

David I. Bruck, Esq.
220 Sydney Lewis Hall
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 460-8188
BRUCKD@WLU.EDU

Miriam Conrad, Esq. (BBO #550223)
Timothy Watkins, Esq. (BBO #567992)
William Fick, Esq. (BBO #650562)
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE
51 Sleeper Street, 5th Floor
(617) 223-8061
MIRIAM_CONRAD@FD.ORG
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WILLIAM_FICK@FD.ORG

Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that this document filed through the ECF system will be sent
electronically to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of Electronic Filing
(NEF) and paper copies will be sent to those indicated as non-registered participants on
August 29, 2014.
/s/ Judy Clarke
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EXHIBIT A
Declaration of Kevin McNally
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DECLARATION OF KEVIN McNALLY
REGARDING PRE-TRIAL PREPARATION TIME

1. I currently serve as the Director of the Federal Death Penalty Resource
Counsel Project, assisting court-appointed and defender attorneys charged with the
defense of capital cases in the federal courts. I have served as Resource Counsel
since the inception of the Resource Counsel Project in January, 1992. The Project is
funded and administered under the Criminal Justice Act by the Defender Services
Office of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
2. My responsibilities as federal resource counsel include the monitoring of
all federal capital prosecutions throughout the United States in order to assist in the
delivery of adequate defense services to indigent capital defendants in such cases.
This effort includes the collection of data on the initiation and prosecution of federal
capital cases.
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The work of the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project is described in
a report prepared by the Subcommittee on Federal Death Penalty Cases, Committee
on Defender Services, Judicial Conference of the United States,
www.uscourts.gov/dpenalty/1COVER.htm. The Subcommittee report urges the
judiciary and counsel to maximize the benefits of the Federal Death Penalty Resource
Counsel Project ..., which has become essential to the delivery of high quality, cost-
effective representation in death penalty cases .... Id. at 50. A recent update to the
Report stated: Many judges and defense counsel spoke with appreciation and
admiration about the work of Resource Counsel. Judges emphasized their assistance
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In order to carry out the duties entrusted to me, I maintain a comprehensive
list of federal death penalty prosecutions and information about these cases. I
accomplish this by internet news searches, reviewing dockets, and downloading
and obtaining indictments, pleadings of substance, notices of intent to seek or not
seek the death penalty, and orders and opinions by the District Courts. I also
conduct telephonic or in-person interviews with defense counsel, and
consultation with chambers. This information is regularly updated and is
checked for accuracy by consulting with defense counsel. The Projects
information regarding federal capital prosecutions has been relied upon by the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, by the Federal Judicial Center,
and by various federal district courts.
4. Resource counsel collect comprehensive and accurate data concerning
various practices that have emerged since the federal courts resumed trying capital
cases in 1990. This collection of data includes the intervals of time between various
in recruiting and recommending counsel for appointments and their availability to
consult on matters relating to the defense, including case budgeting. Defense
counsel found their knowledge, national perspective, and case-specific assistance
invaluable.
http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/AppointmentOfCounsel/Publications/U
p dateFederalDeathPenaltyCases.aspx

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pretrial milestones and trial and mitigation submission.
5. There have been 150 defendants whose federal capital cases have
actually commenced trial since January 1, 2004. A number of these cases involved
two or more capital co-defendants; as a result, the 150 defendants cases
represent a total of 119 trials.
2

6. The average time between indictment and the trial date for the 150
federal capital defendants who actually began trial from January 1, 2004 forward,
is approximately 36.5 months.
7. The median time between indictment and the trial date for the 150
federal capital defendants who actually began trial from January 1, 2004 forward,
is approximately _32.6__ months
8. The average time between indictment and the trial date in the 119 federal
capital cases which actually began trial from January 1, 2004 forward, is
approximately 37.1 months.
9. The median for the time between indictment and the actual trial date
in these 119 federal capital cases, from 2004 forward is 32.6 months.
2
There are three defendants included in this total (Donnell Young, Ronell Wilson
and George Lecco) who two trials during the period. These figures include only the
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10. In order to determine whether these time-to-trial calculations were of
trials of Bureau of Prison inmates for murders committed while incarcerated, I
recalculated the time-to-trial intervals with 18 BOP cases removed. This was done
to test the hypothesis that BOP murder cases might typically to take longer to reach
trial for reasons unrelated to the needs of the parties for adequate preparation time.
Removing the 18 BOP cases had little effect on the average or median time-to-trial
intervals, which remained at 36.1 (average) and 31.6 (median).
11. Of the 150 federal defendants to stand trial during this period, three
(in one case) were Russian nationals whose cases involved mitigation investigation in
Russia. Two of these defendants (Iouri Mikhel and Jurijus Kadamovas) were tried
jointly; the case of the third co-defendant (Petro Krylov) was severed, and he was
tried last. The first of these trials began 52.9 months after indictment. The second
and last began 60.3 months after indictment.
12. Pursuant to declarant's responsibilities as Federal Death Penalty Resource
Counsel, declarant has compiled the above information regarding federal capital
cases in the regular course of the business of the Federal Death Penalty Resource
Counsel Project.

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I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
America, 28 U.S.C. 1746, that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed this 29
th
day of August, 2014.
/s/ Kevin McNally
Kevin McNally
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EXHIBIT B
Alphabetical List of Capital Trials Since 2004
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 1 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Abrar, Shani Nurani Shiekh
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 2:11CR34
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/4/2013
Indictment
3/8/2011
Notice of Intent
4/17/2012
Def Name
Agofsky, Shannon Wayne
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TX 1:03-CR 173
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
6/18/2004
Indictment
8/21/2003
Notice of Intent
1/30/2004
Def Name
Aguilar, Martin
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY No. 01-CR-1367
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/30/2006
Indictment
12/10/2001
Notice of Intent
5/14/2004
Def Name
Aquart, Azibo
D Ct Docket #
D. CT 3:06CR160 (PCD)
Status of Case
Death Row - Appeal
Trial Date
3/21/2011
Indictment
11/8/2006
Notice of Intent
1/29/2009
Def Name
Argueta, Antonio
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 8:05 CR
00393-DKC
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/12/2010
Indictment
8/23/2005
Notice of Intent
5/8/2007
Def Name
Ayala-Lopez, Carlos L.
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 03-CR-55
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/15/2006
Indictment
2/13/2003
Notice of Intent
12/17/2003
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Baker, Antoine Demetris
D Ct Docket #
E.D. AR No. 4:06 CR
00041 GTE
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
10/13/2009
Indictment
2/8/2006
Notice of Intent
8/8/2007
Def Name
Barnes, Khalid
D Ct Docket #
S.D. NY No. 7:04-CR
-00186-SCR
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/11/2008
Indictment
2/27/2004
Notice of Intent
1/19/2006
Def Name
Barrett, Kenneth Eugene
D Ct Docket #
E.D. OK CR No. 04-100-
M-S
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
9/26/2005
Indictment
11/9/2004
Notice of Intent
2/15/2005
Def Name
Basciano, Vincent
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY No. 05-CR-0060
(S-3) (NGG)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/14/2011
Indictment
1/26/2005
Notice of Intent
4/2/2007
Def Name
Basham, Branden
D Ct Docket #
D. SC No. 02-CR-992
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
8/23/2004
Indictment
12/17/2002
Notice of Intent
9/12/2003
Def Name
Baskerville, William
D Ct Docket #
D. NJ CR No. 03-836
(JAP)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/15/2007
Indictment
12/2/2003
Notice of Intent
6/16/2006
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Benjamin, Terrance
D Ct Docket #
E.D. LA No. 03-CR-274
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
6/10/2008
Indictment
8/19/2003
Notice of Intent
10/19/2004
Def Name
Beyle, Abukar Osman
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 2:11CR34
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/4/2013
Indictment
3/8/2011
Notice of Intent
4/17/2012
Def Name
Bingham, Tyler Davis
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/14/2006
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
6/28/2005
Def Name
Bodkins, Lanny Benjamin
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 4:04-CR
-70083-JLK
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
8/15/2005
Indictment
7/15/2004
Notice of Intent
2/17/2005
Def Name
Bolden, Robert, Sr.
D Ct Docket #
E.D. MO No. 4:02-CR
0557 CEF (AGF)
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
4/24/2006
Indictment
11/7/2002
Notice of Intent
10/7/2003
Def Name
Bourgeois, Alfred
D Ct Docket #
S.D. TX CR No. 02-216
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
2/19/2004
Indictment
7/25/2002
Notice of Intent
7/23/2003
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Breeden, Shawn
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 03-CR-13
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
9/27/2004
Indictment
2/5/2003
Notice of Intent
7/15/2003
Def Name
Bridgewater, Wayne
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/21/2007
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
11/14/2006
Def Name
Burgos-Montes, Edison
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 06-009 JAG
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/9/2012
Indictment
1/12/2006
Notice of Intent
6/27/2007
Def Name
Byers, Patrick Albert, Jr.
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 08-056
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/9/2009
Indictment
2/5/2008
Notice of Intent
8/5/2008
Def Name
Candelario-Santana, Alexis
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 3:09-CR-00427-
JAF
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/14/2013
Indictment
12/16/2009
Notice of Intent
7/8/2012
Def Name
Cannon, Amesheo D.
D Ct Docket #
E.D. MO No. S1
-1:01CR00073RWS
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/28/2005
Indictment
10/18/2001
Notice of Intent
10/31/2002
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Caraballo, Gilberto
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY No. 01-CR-1367
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/14/2008
Indictment
12/10/2001
Notice of Intent
5/14/2004
Def Name
Caro, Carlos David
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 06 CR
00001
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
1/22/2007
Indictment
1/3/2006
Notice of Intent
1/11/2006
Def Name
Carpenter, Michael Anthony
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 03-CR-13
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
9/27/2004
Indictment
2/5/2003
Notice of Intent
7/15/2003
Def Name
Casey, Lashaun
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 3:05-CR-0277-
JAG
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/22/2013
Indictment
8/17/2005
Notice of Intent
7/17/2007
Def Name
Chance, David Alan
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
10/4/2006
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
5/9/2005
Def Name
Cheever, Scott
D Ct Docket #
D. KS CR No. 05-10050
-01-06-MLB
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
9/13/2006
Indictment
3/9/2005
Notice of Intent
7/8/2005
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Church, Walter Lefight
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 00-CR-104
Status of Case
Acquittal
Trial Date
2/17/2004
Indictment
12/13/2000
Notice of Intent
5/11/2001
Def Name
Cisneros, Ismael
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 04-CR-283
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/1/2005
Indictment
6/24/2004
Notice of Intent
10/1/2004
Def Name
Clay, Vertis
D Ct Docket #
E.D. AR No. 4:04-CR
-00035 WRW
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/1/2007
Indictment
5/5/2004
Notice of Intent
10/21/2005
Def Name
Coonce, Wesley Paul Jr.
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO 10-03029-01/02-
CR-S-GAF
Status of Case
Death row
Trial Date
4/28/2014
Indictment
4/7/2010
Notice of Intent
7/22/2011
Def Name
Cooper, Andre
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 01-CR-512
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/9/2006
Indictment
8/28/2001
Notice of Intent
5/23/2005
Def Name
Corley, Odell
D Ct Docket #
N.D. IN No. 02-CR-116
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
9/7/2004
Indictment
11/21/2002
Notice of Intent
8/14/2003
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 7 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Covarrubius, Javier
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA No. 05 CR 578
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
7/11/2007
Indictment
6/16/2005
Notice of Intent
6/28/2006
Def Name
Cyrus, Dennis, Jr.
D Ct Docket #
N.D. CA No. 05-00324-
MMC
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/12/2009
Indictment
5/24/2005
Notice of Intent
11/1/2006
Def Name
Dinkins, James
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 1:06-CR
-00309-JFM
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
5/4/2009
Indictment
7/11/2006
Notice of Intent
1/25/2008
Def Name
Duncan, Joseph
D Ct Docket #
D. ID CR No. 07-23-N-
EJL
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
4/14/2008
Indictment
1/18/2007
Notice of Intent
1/23/2007
Def Name
Duong, Anh The
D Ct Docket #
N.D. CA No.
5:01CR20154 JF
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/22/2010
Indictment
9/26/2001
Notice of Intent
5/13/2004
Def Name
Ebron, Joseph
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TX No. 1:07-CR-142
(1:08-CR-00036)
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
3/27/2009
Indictment
8/15/2007
Notice of Intent
9/11/2007
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 8 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Eye, Gary
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO No. 4:05-CR
-00344-ODS
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/22/2008
Indictment
9/29/2005
Notice of Intent
7/17/2006
Def Name
Fell, Donald
D Ct Docket #
D. VT 2:01-CR-12-01
Status of Case
Awaiting resentencing or retrial
Trial Date
5/1/2005
Indictment
2/1/2001
Notice of Intent
1/30/2002
Def Name
Fields, Edward
D Ct Docket #
E.D. OK No. 6:03-CR
-00073
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
7/5/2005
Indictment
8/1/2003
Notice of Intent
3/15/2004
Def Name
Fields, Sherman Lamont
D Ct Docket #
W.D. TX No. 01-CR-164
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
1/12/2004
Indictment
12/11/2001
Notice of Intent
5/23/2003
Def Name
Fort, Emile
D Ct Docket #
N.D. CA No. 05-00167
(WHA)
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
11/17/2008
Indictment
3/17/2005
Notice of Intent
10/3/2006
Def Name
Friend, Valeri
D Ct Docket #
S.D. WV CR No. 2:05
-00107
Status of Case
Guilty plea
Trial Date
4/16/2007
Indictment
5/4/2005
Notice of Intent
8/16/2006
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 9 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Frye, James Ernest
D Ct Docket #
S.D. MS No. 01-CR-8
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/24/2005
Indictment
2/23/2001
Notice of Intent
1/18/2002
Def Name
Fulks, Chadrick
D Ct Docket #
D. SC No. 02-CR-992
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
6/1/2004
Indictment
12/17/2002
Notice of Intent
9/12/2003
Def Name
Galan, Thomas A.
D Ct Docket #
N.D. OH No. 3:06-CR
-00730-JGC-1
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/9/2007
Indictment
3/2/2006
Notice of Intent
11/14/2006
Def Name
Garcia-Orellana, Oscar
Alexander
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 04-CR-283
Status of Case
Acquittal
Trial Date
3/1/2005
Indictment
6/24/2004
Notice of Intent
10/1/2004
Def Name
Garcia, Edgar B.
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TX 1:09-CR-00015-
MAC-KFG All
Status of Case
Death Row - Appeal
Trial Date
5/3/2010
Indictment
1/21/2009
Notice of Intent
2/13/2009
Def Name
Gilbert, Melvin
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 1:06-CR
-00309-JFM
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
5/4/2009
Indictment
8/22/2006
Notice of Intent
1/25/2008
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 10 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Gilmore, Charles Wesley
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 00-CR-104
Status of Case
Acquittal
Trial Date
2/17/2004
Indictment
2/5/2003
Notice of Intent
7/24/2003
Def Name
Gonzales-Lauzan, Luis
D Ct Docket #
S.D. FL No. 02-CR-20572
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/20/2004
Indictment
7/11/2002
Notice of Intent
6/19/2003
Def Name
Gonzalez, Fausto
D Ct Docket #
D. CT No. 02-CR-7
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
9/7/2004
Indictment
1/10/2002
Notice of Intent
1/21/2003
Def Name
Gooch, Larry
D Ct Docket #
D. DC CR No. 04-128
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/9/2007
Indictment
3/12/2004
Notice of Intent
10/19/2005
Def Name
Gordon, Lorenzo
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 04-CR-58
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/25/2005
Indictment
3/2/2004
Notice of Intent
9/30/2004
Def Name
Grande, Oscar
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 04-CR-283
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/1/2005
Indictment
6/24/2004
Notice of Intent
10/1/2004
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Green, Steven
D Ct Docket #
W.D. KY No. 5:06-CR
-00019-TBR
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/6/2009
Indictment
11/7/2006
Notice of Intent
7/3/2007
Def Name
Griffin, Robert Lee
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
10/4/2006
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
6/27/2005
Def Name
Hager, Thomas Morocco
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 1:05-CR
-00264-TSE
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
9/17/2007
Indictment
6/9/2005
Notice of Intent
5/30/2006
Def Name
Hall, Charles Michael
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO 10-03029-01/02-
CR-S-GAF
Status of Case
Death row
Trial Date
4/28/2014
Indictment
4/7/2010
Notice of Intent
7/22/2011
Def Name
Hans, Eric Preston
D Ct Docket #
D. SC No. 6:05 CR 01227-
HMH
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
7/16/2007
Indictment
11/16/2005
Notice of Intent
8/1/2006
Def Name
Hargrove, Demetrius R.
D Ct Docket #
D. KS No. 2:03-CR-20192-
CM-DJW
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/3/2005
Indictment
12/10/2003
Notice of Intent
7/30/2004
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 12 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Henderson, Darryl
D Ct Docket #
S.D. NY No. 1:02-CR
-00451-MBM
Status of Case
Acquittal
Trial Date
11/8/2006
Indictment
4/16/2002
Notice of Intent
2/23/2005
Def Name
Henderson, Thomas
D Ct Docket #
S.D. OH No. 2:06-CR
-00039
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/5/2007
Indictment
2/9/2006
Notice of Intent
12/8/2006
Def Name
Hinestroza, Edwin R.
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO No. 98- 00311
-01/05-CR-W-2
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/31/2005
Indictment
12/16/1998
Notice of Intent
5/4/2005
Def Name
Honken, Dustin
D Ct Docket #
N.D. IA No.3:01-CR
-03047-MWB
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
8/17/2004
Indictment
8/30/2001
Notice of Intent
6/10/2003
Def Name
Houston, Henry Michael
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/21/2007
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
11/14/2006
Def Name
Hyles, Tyrese
D Ct Docket #
E.D. MO No. 01-CR-73
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
5/9/2005
Indictment
10/18/2001
Notice of Intent
10/31/2002
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Irby, James Allen
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 8:03-CR
-00490-RDB
Status of Case
Lesser included conviction
Trial Date
10/3/2005
Indictment
10/29/2003
Notice of Intent
8/2/2004
Def Name
Jackson, David Lee
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TX No. 1:06-CR-51
Status of Case
Death Sentence Vacated and
Authorization Withdrawn
Trial Date
10/2/2006
Indictment
4/20/2005
Notice of Intent
1/4/2006
Def Name
James, Richard
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY CR No. 02-778 (S
-1) (SJ)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/26/2007
Indictment
6/27/2002
Notice of Intent
8/1/2003
Def Name
Jimenez-Bencevi, Xavier
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 3:12-CR-00221-
JAF
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/15/2013
Indictment
3/23/2012
Notice of Intent
12/7/2012
Def Name
Johnson, Angela
D Ct Docket #
N.D. IA No. 3:01-CR
-03046-MWB
Status of Case
Awaiting resentencing or retrial
Trial Date
4/13/2005;
3/2/2015
Indictment
7/26/2000
Notice of Intent
4/25/2002
Def Name
Johnson, John
D Ct Docket #
E.D. LA No. 2:04-CR
-00017-HGB-SS
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn
Trial Date
5/11/2009
Indictment
1/16/2004
Notice of Intent
2/1/2005
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 14 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Jordan, Peter
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 04-CR-58
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/25/2005
Indictment
3/2/2004
Notice of Intent
9/30/2004
Def Name
Julian, Jermaine Michael
D Ct Docket #
M.D. FL No. 8:07-CR-9-T
-27TGW
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/19/2009
Indictment
1/9/2007
Notice of Intent
10/15/2007
Def Name
Kadamovas, Jurijus
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02-220
(A)-NM
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
7/11/2006
Indictment
3/5/2002
Notice of Intent
8/3/2004
Def Name
Krylov, Petro
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02-220
(A)-NM
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/9/2007
Indictment
3/5/2002
Notice of Intent
8/3/2004
Def Name
Lawrence, Daryl
D Ct Docket #
S.D. OH No. 2:05-CR
-00011-GLF-1
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
2/13/2006
Indictment
1/20/2005
Notice of Intent
9/26/2005
Def Name
Lecco, George
D Ct Docket #
S.D. WV CR No. 2:05
-00107
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/16/2007;
4/5/2010
Indictment
5/4/2005
Notice of Intent
8/16/2006
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-2 Filed 08/29/14 Page 15 of 26
Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
LeCroy, William Emmett
D Ct Docket #
N.D. GA No. 02-CR-38
Status of Case
Death Row - 2255
Trial Date
2/17/2004
Indictment
5/15/2002
Notice of Intent
12/20/2002
Def Name
Ledesma, Jose
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA No. 05 CR 578
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
7/11/2007
Indictment
6/16/2005
Notice of Intent
6/28/2006
Def Name
Lighty, Kenneth Jamal
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 8:03-CR
-00457-PJM
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
9/6/2005
Indictment
10/8/2003
Notice of Intent
12/28/2004
Def Name
Lujan, Larry
D Ct Docket #
D. NM No. 05-924
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/20/2011
Indictment
4/27/2005
Notice of Intent
7/12/2007
Def Name
Mallay, Ronald
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY CR No. 02-778 (S
-1) (SJ)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/26/2007
Indictment
6/27/2002
Notice of Intent
8/1/2003
Def Name
Mayhew, John Richard
D Ct Docket #
S.D. OH CR No. 02 03
-165
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
8/1/2005
Indictment
10/2/2003
Notice of Intent
10/5/2004
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Def Name
McClure, Cornell Winfrei
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 01-CR-367
Status of Case
Life sentence from judge
Trial Date
1/5/2005
Indictment
7/9/2001
Notice of Intent
3/4/2002
Def Name
McCluskey, John Charles
D Ct Docket #
D. NM No. 1:10-CR-02734
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
7/22/2013
Indictment
9/29/2010
Notice of Intent
1/26/2012
Def Name
McGriff, Kenneth
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY CR No. 04-966
(ERK) (VVP)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
11/27/2006
Indictment
11/2/2004
Notice of Intent
3/22/2006
Def Name
McTier, James
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY CR No. 05-401
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/15/2007
Indictment
5/20/2005
Notice of Intent
12/7/2006
Def Name
Merritt, Robert
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 2:07-CR
-00550-RBS
Status of Case
Acquittal
Trial Date
11/5/2012
Indictment
9/12/2007
Notice of Intent
3/14/2011
Def Name
Mikhel, Iouri
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02-220
(A)-NM
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
7/11/2006
Indictment
3/5/2002
Notice of Intent
8/3/2004
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Mikos, Ronald
D Ct Docket #
N.D. IL No. 02-CR 137
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
4/13/2005
Indictment
6/6/2002
Notice of Intent
12/16/2002
Def Name
Mills, Barry Byron
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/14/2006
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
6/28/2005
Def Name
Montgomery, Lisa
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO No. 5:05-CR
-06002-GAF
Status of Case
Death Row - 2255
Trial Date
10/1/2007
Indictment
1/12/2005
Notice of Intent
11/16/2005
Def Name
Moonda, Donna
D Ct Docket #
N.D. OH No. 1:06-CR
-00395-DDD
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/4/2007
Indictment
8/16/2006
Notice of Intent
9/6/2006
Def Name
Moses, Keon
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 02-CR-410
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/12/2004
Indictment
9/17/2002
Notice of Intent
3/31/2003
Def Name
Mosher, Ellis
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TX No. 1:06 CR
00101-TH
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/7/2008
Indictment
7/19/2006
Notice of Intent
12/11/2006
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Moussaoui, Zacarias
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 01-CR-455
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/6/2006
Indictment
12/11/2001
Notice of Intent
3/28/2002
Def Name
Natson, Michael Antonio
D Ct Docket #
M.D. GA No. 4:05-CR
-00021-CDL-GMF
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/26/2007
Indictment
6/16/2005
Notice of Intent
12/8/2005
Def Name
Northington, Steven
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 2:07-CR
-00550-RBS
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
11/5/2012
Indictment
9/12/2007
Notice of Intent
3/14/2011
Def Name
OReilly, Timothy
D Ct Docket #
E.D. MI No. 05-80025
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/7/2010
Indictment
1/11/2005
Notice of Intent
11/1/2006
Def Name
Pepin-Taveras, Humberto
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY CR No. 04-0156
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
9/15/2008
Indictment
2/20/2004
Notice of Intent
3/3/2005
Def Name
Perez, Wilfredo
D Ct Docket #
D. CT No. 02-CR-7
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/1/2004
Indictment
1/10/2002
Notice of Intent
1/21/2003
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Phillips, Maurice
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 2:07-CR
-00549-JCJ
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/4/2010
Indictment
9/12/2007
Notice of Intent
5/4/2009
Def Name
Plunkett, Antoine
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 4:04-CR
-70083-JLK
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
8/15/2005
Indictment
7/15/2004
Notice of Intent
2/17/2005
Def Name
Quinones, Alan
D Ct Docket #
S.D. NY No. 00 CR 0761
(JSR)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/14/2004
Indictment
7/20/2000
Notice of Intent
10/26/2001
Def Name
Richardson, Brian
D Ct Docket #
N.D. GA No. 1:08CR139
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/27/2012
Indictment
4/15/2008
Notice of Intent
12/2/2008
Def Name
Rivera, Denis
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 04-CR-283
Status of Case
Acquittal
Trial Date
3/1/2005
Indictment
6/24/2004
Notice of Intent
10/1/2004
Def Name
Rodriguez, Alfonso, Jr.
D Ct Docket #
D. ND No. 04-CR-55
Status of Case
Death row - 2255
Trial Date
7/6/2006
Indictment
5/11/2004
Notice of Intent
10/28/2004
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Rodriguez, Diego
D Ct Docket #
S.D. NY No. 00 CR 0761
(JSR)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/14/2004
Indictment
7/20/2000
Notice of Intent
10/26/2001
Def Name
Roman, Lorenzo Catalan
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 3:02-CR-117
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/24/2005
Indictment
4/3/2002
Notice of Intent
7/31/2003
Def Name
Rudolph, Eric Robert
D Ct Docket #
N.D. AL No. 00-CR-422
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
4/6/2005
Indictment
11/15/2000
Notice of Intent
12/11/2003
Def Name
Runyon, David
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA CR No. 4:08-CR
-16
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
6/30/2009
Indictment
2/13/2008
Notice of Intent
7/17/2008
Def Name
Sablan, Rudy
D Ct Docket #
D. CO No. 00-CR-531
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/17/2008
Indictment
12/12/2000
Notice of Intent
5/1/2001
Def Name
Sablan, William
D Ct Docket #
D. CO No. 00-CR-531
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/22/2007
Indictment
12/12/2000
Notice of Intent
5/1/2001
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Salad, Ahmed Muse
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 2:11CR34
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
6/4/2013
Indictment
3/8/2011
Notice of Intent
4/17/2012
Def Name
Sanchez, Ricardo
D Ct Docket #
S.D. FL 06-80171-CR-
HURLEY/VITUNAC(s)(s)
Status of Case
Death Row - Appeal
Trial Date
1/6/2009
Indictment
11/3/2006
Notice of Intent
2/20/2008
Def Name
Sandstrom, Steven
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO No. 4:05-CR
-00344-ODS
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/22/2008
Indictment
9/29/2005
Notice of Intent
7/17/2006
Def Name
Savage, Kaboni
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 2:07-CR
-00550-RBS
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
11/5/2012
Indictment
9/12/2007
Notice of Intent
3/14/2011
Def Name
Shakir, Jamal
D Ct Docket #
M.D. TN CR No. 3:98
-00038 (NIXON)
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/20/2007
Indictment
11/20/1998
Notice of Intent
10/29/2002
Def Name
Simmons, Brent
D Ct Docket #
W.D. VA No. 5:04-CR
-30014-SGW
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/7/2005
Indictment
3/3/2004
Notice of Intent
7/28/2004
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Smith, Thomas
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO No. 3:02 CR
05025
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/24/2007
Indictment
5/2/2002
Notice of Intent
8/7/2003
Def Name
Snarr, Mark
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TX 1:09-CR-00015-
MAC-KFG All
Status of Case
Death Row - Appeal
Trial Date
5/3/2010
Indictment
1/21/2009
Notice of Intent
2/13/2009
Def Name
Solomon, Jelani
D Ct Docket #
W.D. PA No. 2:05-CR
-00385-TFM
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
9/24/2007
Indictment
12/14/2005
Notice of Intent
12/29/2006
Def Name
Stinson, John William
D Ct Docket #
C.D. CA CR No. 02
-00938-GHK
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
10/4/2006
Indictment
8/28/2002
Notice of Intent
5/9/2005
Def Name
Street, John P.
D Ct Docket #
W.D. MO No. 4:04-CR
-00298-GAF
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
7/24/2006
Indictment
9/10/2004
Notice of Intent
11/16/2005
Def Name
Talik, Eugene J., Jr.
D Ct Docket #
N.D. WV No. 5:06-CR-51
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
1/15/2008
Indictment
12/5/2006
Notice of Intent
12/29/2006
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Taylor, Michael Lafayette
D Ct Docket #
D. MD No. 02-CR-410
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/12/2004
Indictment
9/17/2002
Notice of Intent
3/31/2003
Def Name
Taylor, Rejon
D Ct Docket #
E.D. TN No. 1:04-CR
-00160-1
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
8/25/2008
Indictment
10/13/2004
Notice of Intent
6/1/2006
Def Name
Taylor, Styles
D Ct Docket #
N.D. IN CR No. 2:01 CR
073 JM
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
7/5/2004
Indictment
4/23/2001
Notice of Intent
7/25/2003
Def Name
Thomas, Keoin
D Ct Docket #
N.D. IN No. 2:01 CR 073
JM
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
7/5/2004
Indictment
7/23/2001
Notice of Intent
7/25/2003
Def Name
Torrez, Jorge Avila
D Ct Docket #
E.D. VA No. 1:11-CR-115
Status of Case
Death Row - Appeal
Trial Date
4/1/2014
Indictment
5/26/2011
Notice of Intent
2/9/2012
Def Name
Troya, Danny
D Ct Docket #
S.D. FL 06-80171-CR-
HURLEY/VITUNAC(s)(s)
Status of Case
Death Row - Appeal
Trial Date
1/6/2009
Indictment
11/3/2006
Notice of Intent
2/20/2008
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Umana, Alejandro Enrique
D Ct Docket #
W.D. NC No. 3:08-CR
-134-RJC
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
3/12/2010
Indictment
6/23/2008
Notice of Intent
9/23/2008
Def Name
Villegas, Hernardo Medina
D Ct Docket #
D. PR No. 3:02-CR-117
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/24/2005
Indictment
4/3/2002
Notice of Intent
7/31/2003
Def Name
Wilk, Kenneth
D Ct Docket #
S.D. FL No. 04-CR-60216
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
4/2/2007
Indictment
8/26/2004
Notice of Intent
2/19/2005
Def Name
Williams, Connell C.
D Ct Docket #
W.D. OK No. 5:11-CR
-298
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
2/11/2013
Indictment
9/7/2011
Notice of Intent
4/17/2012
Def Name
Williams, Elijah Bobby
D Ct Docket #
S.D. NY No. 00-CR-1008
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/14/2005
Indictment
9/26/2000
Notice of Intent
2/4/2003
Def Name
Williams, Jamain
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 01-CR-512
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
1/9/2006
Indictment
8/28/2001
Notice of Intent
5/23/2005
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Federal Capital Cases that Went to Trial Starting in 2004 - 8/25/2014
Def Name
Williams, Michael
D Ct Docket #
S.D. NY No. 00-CR-1008
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
3/14/2005
Indictment
9/26/2000
Notice of Intent
2/4/2003
Def Name
Williams, Naeem
D Ct Docket #
D. HI No. 1:06-CR-00079-
DAE
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
10/29/13
voir dire;
1/28/2014
trial
Indictment
2/15/2006
Notice of Intent
9/8/2006
Def Name
Williams, Tyrone
D Ct Docket #
S.D. TX No. 03-CR-221
Status of Case
Life sentence from jury
Trial Date
2/22/2005;
10/3/2006
Indictment
6/12/2003
Notice of Intent
3/15/2004
Def Name
Williams, Vincent
D Ct Docket #
E.D. PA No. 01-CR-512
Status of Case
Authorization withdrawn at trial
Trial Date
1/9/2006
Indictment
8/28/2001
Notice of Intent
5/23/2005
Def Name
Wilson, Ronell
D Ct Docket #
E.D. NY No. 1:04-CR
-01016-NGG
Status of Case
Death row - Appeal
Trial Date
9/1/2006;
4/17/2013
Indictment
11/17/2004
Notice of Intent
8/2/2005
Def Name
Young, Donnell
D Ct Docket #
M.D. TN CR No. 3:98
-00038 (NIXON)
Status of Case
Guilty plea at trial
Trial Date
10/15/2005
and
1/12/2009
Indictment
11/20/1998
Notice of Intent
10/29/2002
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EXHIBIT C
Chart of Median Time in Months from Indictment to Trial
for Capital Defendants 2004-2014
Case 1:13-cr-10200-GAO Document 518-3 Filed 08/29/14 Page 1 of 6
Median of Time Between Indictment to Trial - 2004-2014 8-27-14
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
A B C D E
Def Name Indictment DP notice Trial Date Ind to Trial
Rivera, Denis 6/24/2004 10/1/2004 3/1/2005 8.0
Garcia-Orellana, Oscar Alexander 6/24/2004 10/1/2004 3/1/2005 8.0
Grande, Oscar 6/24/2004 10/1/2004 3/1/2005 8.0
Cisneros, Ismael 6/24/2004 10/1/2004 3/1/2005 8.0
Moonda, Donna 8/16/2006 9/6/2006 6/4/2007 9.5
Agofsky, Shannon Wayne 8/21/2003 1/30/2004 6/18/2004 9.9
Barrett, Kenneth Eugene 11/9/2004 2/15/2005 9/26/2005 10.4
Simmons, Brent 3/3/2004 7/28/2004 2/7/2005 11.0
Lawrence, Daryl 1/20/2005 9/26/2005 2/13/2006 12.0
Gilmore, Charles Wesley 2/5/2003 7/24/2003 2/17/2004 12.2
Caro, Carlos David 1/3/2006 1/11/2006 1/22/2007 12.4
Jimenez-Bencevi, Xavier 3/23/2012 12/7/2012 4/15/2013 12.7
Byers, Patrick Albert, Jr. 2/5/2008 8/5/2008 3/9/2009 12.9
Bodkins, Lanny Benjamin 7/15/2004 2/17/2005 8/15/2005 13.0
Plunkett, Antoine 7/15/2004 2/17/2005 8/15/2005 13.0
Talik, Eugene J., Jr. 12/5/2006 12/29/2006 1/15/2008 13.2
Duncan, Joseph 1/18/2007 1/23/2007 4/14/2008 14.7
Snarr, Mark 1/21/2009 2/13/2009 5/3/2010 15.2
Garcia, Edgar B. 1/21/2009 2/13/2009 5/3/2010 15.2
Moses, Keon 9/17/2002 3/31/2003 1/12/2004 15.7
Taylor, Michael Lafayette 9/17/2002 3/31/2003 1/12/2004 15.7
Henderson, Thomas 2/9/2006 12/8/2006 6/5/2007 15.7
Runyon, David 2/13/2008 7/17/2008 6/30/2009 16.4
Jackson, David Lee 4/20/2005 1/4/2006 10/2/2006 17.3
Fulks, Chadrick 12/17/2002 9/12/2003 6/1/2004 17.3
Mosher, Ellis 7/19/2006 12/11/2006 1/7/2008 17.5
Cheever, Scott 3/9/2005 7/8/2005 9/13/2006 18.0
Gonzales-Lauzan, Luis 7/11/2002 6/19/2003 1/20/2004 18.2
Bourgeois, Alfred 7/25/2002 7/23/2003 2/19/2004 18.7
Galan, Thomas A. 3/2/2006 11/14/2006 10/9/2007 19.2
Ebron, Joseph 8/15/2007 9/11/2007 3/27/2009 19.2
Breeden, Shawn 2/5/2003 7/15/2003 9/27/2004 19.4
Carpenter, Michael Anthony 2/5/2003 7/15/2003 9/27/2004 19.4
Jordan, Peter 3/2/2004 9/30/2004 10/25/2005 19.6
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Median of Time Between Indictment to Trial - 2004-2014 8-27-14
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
A B C D E
Gordon, Lorenzo 3/2/2004 9/30/2004 10/25/2005 19.6
Hans, Eric Preston 11/16/2005 8/1/2006 7/16/2007 19.6
Basham, Branden 12/17/2002 9/12/2003 8/23/2004 20.1
Natson, Michael Antonio 6/16/2005 12/8/2005 2/26/2007 20.3
Umana, Alejandro Enrique 6/23/2008 9/23/2008 3/12/2010 20.6
LeCroy, William Emmett 5/15/2002 12/20/2002 2/17/2004 21.1
Wilson, Ronell 11/17/2004 8/2/2005 9/1/2006; #2
4/17/2013
21.2
Solomon, Jelani 12/14/2005 12/29/2006 9/24/2007 21.3
Corley, Odell 11/21/2002 8/14/2003 9/7/2004 21.5
Hargrove, Demetrius R. 12/10/2003 7/30/2004 10/3/2005 21.7
Mayhew, John Richard 10/2/2003 10/5/2004 8/1/2005 21.7
Street, John P. 9/10/2004 11/16/2005 7/24/2006 22.2
Lighty, Kenneth Jamal 10/8/2003 12/28/2004 9/6/2005 22.8
Irby, James Allen 10/29/2003 8/2/2004 10/3/2005 23.1
Fields, Edward 8/1/2003 3/15/2004 7/5/2005 23.1
Friend, Valeri 5/4/2005 8/16/2006 4/16/2007 23.4
Lecco, George 5/4/2005 8/16/2006 4/16/2007;
4/5/2010
23.4
Williams, Connell C. 9/7/2011 4/17/2012 2/11/2013 24.3
McGriff, Kenneth 11/2/2004 3/22/2006 11/27/2006 24.7
Fields, Sherman Lamont 12/11/2001 5/23/2003 1/12/2004 24.9
Covarrubius, Javier 6/16/2005 6/28/2006 7/11/2007 24.9
Ledesma, Jose 6/16/2005 6/28/2006 7/11/2007 24.9
Julian, Jermaine Michael 1/9/2007 10/15/2007 2/19/2009 25.2
Rodriguez, Alfonso, Jr. 5/11/2004 10/28/2004 7/6/2006 25.8
Sanchez, Ricardo 11/3/2006 2/20/2008 1/6/2009 25.9
Troya, Danny 11/3/2006 2/20/2008 1/6/2009 25.9
Salad, Ahmed Muse 3/8/2011 4/17/2012 6/3/2013 26.8
Beyle, Abukar Osman 3/8/2011 4/17/2012 6/3/2013 26.8
Abrar, Shani Nurani Shiekh 3/8/2011 4/17/2012 6/3/2013 26.8
Hager, Thomas Morocco 6/9/2005 5/30/2006 9/17/2007 27.0
Phillips, Maurice 9/12/2007 5/4/2009 1/4/2010 27.7
Perez, Wilfredo 1/10/2002 1/21/2003 6/1/2004 28.6
Green, Steven 11/7/2006 7/3/2007 4/6/2009 29.1
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Median of Time Between Indictment to Trial - 2004-2014 8-27-14
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
A B C D E
McTier, James 5/20/2005 12/7/2006 10/15/2007 29.6
Eye, Gary 9/29/2005 7/17/2006 4/22/2008 30.7
Sandstrom, Steven 9/29/2005 7/17/2006 4/22/2008 30.7
Wilk, Kenneth 8/26/2004 2/19/2005 4/2/2007 31.2
Williams, Tyrone 6/12/2003 3/15/2004 2/22/2005 31.6
Gonzalez, Fausto 1/10/2002 1/21/2003 9/7/2004 31.8
Gilbert, Melvin 8/22/2006 1/25/2008 5/4/2009 32.3
Montgomery, Lisa 1/12/2005 11/16/2005 10/1/2007 32.6
Villegas, Hernardo Medina 4/3/2002 7/31/2003 1/24/2005 33.7
Roman, Lorenzo Catalan 4/3/2002 7/31/2003 1/24/2005 33.7
Gooch, Larry 3/12/2004 10/19/2005 1/9/2007 33.7
Dinkins, James 7/11/2006 1/25/2008 5/4/2009 33.7
McCluskey, John Charles 9/29/2010 1/26/2012 7/22/2013 33.7
Mikos, Ronald 6/6/2002 12/16/2002 4/13/2005 34.1
Torrez, Jorge Avila 5/26/2011 2/9/2012 4/1/2014 34.2
Thomas, Keoin 7/23/2001 7/25/2003 7/5/2004 35.3
Honken, Dustin 8/30/2001 6/10/2003 8/17/2004 35.5
Ayala-Lopez, Carlos L. 2/13/2003 12/17/2003 2/15/2006 36.0
Candelario-Santana, Alexis 12/16/2009 7/8/2012 1/14/2013 36.9
Church, Walter Lefight 12/13/2000 5/11/2001 2/17/2004 38.1
Taylor, Styles 4/23/2001 7/25/2003 7/5/2004 38.3
Baskerville, William 12/2/2003 6/16/2006 2/15/2007 38.4
Cannon, Amesheo D. 10/18/2001 10/31/2002 2/28/2005 40.4
Clay, Vertis 5/5/2004 10/21/2005 10/1/2007 40.9
Bolden, Robert, Sr. 11/7/2002 10/7/2003 4/24/2006 41.4
McClure, Cornell Winfrei 7/9/2001 3/4/2002 1/5/2005 42.1
Mills, Barry Byron 8/28/2002 6/28/2005 3/14/2006 42.4
Bingham, Tyler Davis 8/28/2002 6/28/2005 3/14/2006 42.4
Hyles, Tyrese 10/18/2001 10/31/2002 5/9/2005 42.8
Cyrus, Dennis, Jr. 5/24/2005 11/1/2006 1/12/2009 43.6
Fort, Emile 3/17/2005 10/3/2006 11/17/2008 43.9
Baker, Antoine Demetris 2/8/2006 8/8/2007 10/13/2009 44.1
Richardson, Brian 4/15/2008 12/2/2008 2/27/2012 46.4
Taylor, Rejon 10/13/2004 6/1/2006 8/25/2008 46.4
Quinones, Alan 7/20/2000 10/26/2001 6/14/2004 46.8
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Rodriguez, Diego 7/20/2000 10/26/2001 6/14/2004 46.8
Frye, James Ernest 2/23/2001 1/18/2002 1/24/2005 47.2
Barnes, Khalid 2/27/2004 1/19/2006 2/11/2008 47.3
Coonce, Wesley Paul Jr. 4/7/2010 7/22/2011 4/28/2014 48.7
Hall, Charles Michael 4/7/2010 7/22/2011 4/28/2014 48.7
Argueta, Antonio 8/23/2005 5/8/2007 1/12/2010 48.8
Griffin, Robert Lee 8/28/2002 6/27/2005 10/4/2006 49.1
Stinson, John William 8/28/2002 5/9/2005 10/4/2006 49.2
Chance, David Alan 8/28/2002 5/9/2005 10/4/2006 49.2
Moussaoui, Zacarias 12/11/2001 3/28/2002 2/6/2006 49.9
Fell, Donald 2/1/2001 1/30/2002 5/1/2005 50.8
Lujan, Larry 4/27/2005 7/12/2007 6/20/2011 51.8
Williams, Vincent 8/28/2001 5/23/2005 1/9/2006 52.4
Williams, Jamain 8/28/2001 5/23/2005 1/9/2006 52.4
Cooper, Andre 8/28/2001 5/23/2005 1/9/2006 52.4
Aquart, Azibo 11/8/2006 1/29/2009 3/21/2011 52.4
Rudolph, Eric Robert 11/15/2000 12/11/2003 4/6/2005 52.7
Mikhel, Iouri 3/5/2002 8/3/2004 7/11/2006 52.9
Kadamovas, Jurijus 3/5/2002 8/3/2004 7/11/2006 52.9
Williams, Michael 9/26/2000 2/4/2003 3/14/2005 53.6
Williams, Elijah Bobby 9/26/2000 2/4/2003 3/14/2005 53.6
Bridgewater, Wayne 8/28/2002 11/14/2006 2/21/2007 53.8
Houston, Henry Michael 8/28/2002 11/14/2006 2/21/2007 53.8
Pepin-Taveras, Humberto 2/20/2004 3/3/2005 9/15/2008 54.7
Henderson, Darryl 4/16/2002 2/23/2005 11/8/2006 55.0
Basciano, Vincent 1/26/2005 4/2/2007 2/14/2011 56.1
Johnson, Angela 7/26/2000 4/25/2002 4/13/2005 56.6
Smith, Thomas 5/2/2002 8/7/2003 1/24/2007 56.8
James, Richard 6/27/2002 8/1/2003 3/26/2007 57.1
Mallay, Ronald 6/27/2002 8/1/2003 3/26/2007 57.1
Benjamin, Terrance 8/19/2003 10/19/2004 6/10/2008 58.0
Aguilar, Martin 12/10/2001 5/14/2004 10/30/2006 58.7
OReilly, Timothy 1/11/2005 11/1/2006 6/7/2010 59.8
Krylov, Petro 3/5/2002 8/3/2004 3/9/2007 60.3
Savage, Kaboni 9/12/2007 3/14/2011 11/5/2012 61.9
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Northington, Steven 9/12/2007 3/14/2011 11/5/2012 61.9
Merritt, Robert 9/12/2007 3/14/2011 11/5/2012 61.9
Johnson, John 1/16/2004 2/1/2005 5/11/2009 62.2
Caraballo, Gilberto 12/10/2001 5/14/2004 1/14/2008 73.2
Sablan, William 12/12/2000 5/1/2001 1/22/2007 73.4
Burgos-Montes, Edison 1/12/2006 6/27/2007 4/9/2012 75.1
Hinestroza, Edwin R. 12/16/1998 5/4/2005 10/31/2005 82.7
Young, Donnell 11/20/1998 10/29/2002 10/15/2005: #2
1/12/2009 83.1
Sablan, Rudy 12/12/2000 5/1/2001 3/17/2008 87.3
Casey, Lashaun 8/17/2005 7/17/2007 1/22/2013 89.4
Williams, Naeem 2/15/2006 9/8/2006 1/28/2014 95.6
Duong, Anh The 9/26/2001 5/13/2004 2/22/2010 96.3
Shakir, Jamal 11/20/1998 10/29/2002 2/20/2007 99.3
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EXHIBIT D
Chart of Months from Indictment to Trial for Capital Defendants
2004-2014
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Def Name Indictment DP notice Trial Date Ind to Trial
Rivera, Denis 6/24/2004 10/1/2004 3/1/2005 8.0
Moonda, Donna 8/16/2006 9/6/2006 6/4/2007 9.5
Agofsky, Shannon Wayne 8/21/2003 1/30/2004 6/18/2004 9.9
Barrett, Kenneth Eugene 11/9/2004 2/15/2005 9/26/2005 10.4
Simmons, Brent 3/3/2004 7/28/2004 2/7/2005 11.0
Lawrence, Daryl 1/20/2005 9/26/2005 2/13/2006 12.0
Caro, Carlos David 1/3/2006 1/11/2006 1/22/2007 12.4
Jimenez-Bencevi, Xavier 3/23/2012 12/7/2012 4/15/2013 12.7
Byers, Patrick Albert, Jr. 2/5/2008 8/5/2008 3/9/2009 12.9
Bodkins, Lanny Benjamin 7/15/2004 2/17/2005 8/15/2005 13.0
Talik, Eugene J., Jr. 12/5/2006 12/29/2006 1/15/2008 13.2
Duncan, Joseph 1/18/2007 1/23/2007 4/14/2008 14.7
Snarr, Mark 1/21/2009 2/13/2009 5/3/2010 15.2
Henderson, Thomas 2/9/2006 12/8/2006 6/5/2007 15.7
Moses, Keon 9/17/2002 3/31/2003 1/12/2004 15.7
Runyon, David 2/13/2008 7/17/2008 6/30/2009 16.4
Fulks, Chadrick 12/17/2002 9/12/2003 6/1/2004 17.3
Jackson, David Lee 4/20/2005 1/4/2006 10/2/2006 17.3
Mosher, Ellis 7/19/2006 12/11/2006 1/7/2008 17.5
Cheever, Scott 3/9/2005 7/8/2005 9/13/2006 18.0
Gonzales-Lauzan, Luis 7/11/2002 6/19/2003 1/20/2004 18.2
Bourgeois, Alfred 7/25/2002 7/23/2003 2/19/2004 18.7
Galan, Thomas A. 3/2/2006 11/14/2006 10/9/2007 19.2
Ebron, Joseph 8/15/2007 9/11/2007 3/27/2009 19.2
Breeden, Shawn 2/5/2003 7/15/2003 9/27/2004 19.4
Hans, Eric Preston 11/16/2005 8/1/2006 7/16/2007 19.6
Gordon, Lorenzo 3/2/2004 9/30/2004 10/25/2005 19.6
Basham, Branden 12/17/2002 9/12/2003 8/23/2004 20.1
Natson, Michael Antonio 6/16/2005 12/8/2005 2/26/2007 20.3
Umana, Alejandro Enrique 6/23/2008 9/23/2008 3/12/2010 20.6
LeCroy, William Emmett 5/15/2002 12/20/2002 2/17/2004 21.1
Wilson, Ronell 11/17/2004 8/2/2005 9/1/2006; #2
4/17/2013
21.2
Solomon, Jelani 12/14/2005 12/29/2006 9/24/2007 21.3
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Corley, Odell 11/21/2002 8/14/2003 9/7/2004 21.5
Mayhew, John Richard 10/2/2003 10/5/2004 8/1/2005 21.7
Hargrove, Demetrius R. 12/10/2003 7/30/2004 10/3/2005 21.7
Street, John P. 9/10/2004 11/16/2005 7/24/2006 22.2
Lighty, Kenneth Jamal 10/8/2003 12/28/2004 9/6/2005 22.8
Irby, James Allen 10/29/2003 8/2/2004 10/3/2005 23.1
Fields, Edward 8/1/2003 3/15/2004 7/5/2005 23.1
Friend, Valeri 5/4/2005 8/16/2006 4/16/2007 23.4
Williams, Connell C. 9/7/2011 4/17/2012 2/11/2013 24.3
McGriff, Kenneth 11/2/2004 3/22/2006 11/27/2006 24.7
Fields, Sherman Lamont 12/11/2001 5/23/2003 1/12/2004 24.9
Covarrubius, Javier 6/16/2005 6/28/2006 7/11/2007 24.9
Julian, Jermaine Michael 1/9/2007 10/15/2007 2/19/2009 25.2
Church, Walter Lefight 12/13/2000 5/11/2001 2/17/2004 25.2
Rodriguez, Alfonso, Jr. 5/11/2004 10/28/2004 7/6/2006 25.8
Troya, Danny 11/3/2006 2/20/2008 1/6/2009 25.9
Salad, Ahmed Muse 3/8/2011 4/17/2012 6/3/2013 26.8
Hager, Thomas Morocco 6/9/2005 5/30/2006 9/17/2007 27.0
Phillips, Maurice 9/12/2007 5/4/2009 1/4/2010 27.7
Perez, Wilfredo 1/10/2002 1/21/2003 6/1/2004 28.6
Green, Steven 11/7/2006 7/3/2007 4/6/2009 29.1
McTier, James 5/20/2005 12/7/2006 10/15/2007 29.6
Eye, Gary 9/29/2005 7/17/2006 4/22/2008 30.7
Wilk, Kenneth 8/26/2004 2/19/2005 4/2/2007 31.2
Williams, Tyrone 6/12/2003 3/15/2004 2/22/2005 31.6
Gonzalez, Fausto 1/10/2002 1/21/2003 9/7/2004 31.8
Montgomery, Lisa 1/12/2005 11/16/2005 10/1/2007 32.6
Gooch, Larry 3/12/2004 10/19/2005 1/9/2007 33.7
Dinkins, James 7/11/2006 1/25/2008 5/4/2009 33.7
McCluskey, John Charles 9/29/2010 1/26/2012 7/22/2013 33.7
Villegas, Hernardo Medina 4/3/2002 7/31/2003 1/24/2005 33.7
Mikos, Ronald 6/6/2002 12/16/2002 4/13/2005 34.1
Torrez, Jorge Avila 5/26/2011 2/9/2012 4/1/2014 34.2
Honken, Dustin 8/30/2001 6/10/2003 8/17/2004 35.5
Ayala-Lopez, Carlos L. 2/13/2003 12/17/2003 2/15/2006 36.0
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Candelario-Santana, Alexis 12/16/2009 7/8/2012 1/14/2013 36.9
Taylor, Styles 4/23/2001 7/25/2003 7/5/2004 38.3
Baskerville, William 12/2/2003 6/16/2006 2/15/2007 38.4
Cannon, Amesheo D. 10/18/2001 10/31/2002 2/28/2005 40.4
Clay, Vertis 5/5/2004 10/21/2005 10/1/2007 40.9
Bolden, Robert, Sr. 11/7/2002 10/7/2003 4/24/2006 41.4
McClure, Cornell Winfrei 7/9/2001 3/4/2002 1/5/2005 42.1
Mills, Barry Byron 8/28/2002 6/28/2005 3/14/2006 42.4
Hyles, Tyrese 10/18/2001 10/31/2002 5/9/2005 42.8
Cyrus, Dennis, Jr. 5/24/2005 11/1/2006 1/12/2009 43.6
Fort, Emile 3/17/2005 10/3/2006 11/17/2008 43.9
Baker, Antoine Demetris 2/8/2006 8/8/2007 10/13/2009 44.1
Taylor, Rejon 10/13/2004 6/1/2006 8/25/2008 46.4
Richardson, Brian 4/15/2008 12/2/2008 2/27/2012 46.4
Quinones, Alan 7/20/2000 10/26/2001 6/14/2004 46.8
Frye, James Ernest 2/23/2001 1/18/2002 1/24/2005 47.2
Barnes, Khalid 2/27/2004 1/19/2006 2/11/2008 47.3
Coonce, Wesley Paul Jr. 4/7/2010 7/22/2011 4/28/2014 48.7
Argueta, Antonio 8/23/2005 5/8/2007 1/12/2010 48.8
Stinson, John William 8/28/2002 5/9/2005 10/4/2006 49.1
Moussaoui, Zacarias 12/11/2001 3/28/2002 2/6/2006 49.9
Fell, Donald 2/1/2001 1/30/2002 5/1/2005 50.8
Lujan, Larry 4/27/2005 7/12/2007 6/20/2011 51.8
Cooper, Andre 8/28/2001 5/23/2005 1/9/2006 52.4
Aquart, Azibo 11/8/2006 1/29/2009 3/21/2011 52.4
Rudolph, Eric Robert 11/15/2000 12/11/2003 4/6/2005 52.7
Mikhel, Iouri 3/5/2002 8/3/2004 7/11/2006 52.9
Williams, Michael 9/26/2000 2/4/2003 3/14/2005 53.6
Houston, Henry Michael 8/28/2002 11/14/2006 2/21/2007 53.8
Pepin-Taveras, Humberto 2/20/2004 3/3/2005 9/15/2008 54.7
Henderson, Darryl 4/16/2002 2/23/2005 11/8/2006 55.0
Basciano, Vincent 1/26/2005 4/2/2007 2/14/2011 56.1
Johnson, Angela 7/26/2000 4/25/2002 4/13/2005 56.6
Smith, Thomas 5/2/2002 8/7/2003 1/24/2007 56.8
James, Richard 6/27/2002 8/1/2003 3/26/2007 57.1
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Benjamin, Terrance 8/19/2003 10/19/2004 6/10/2008 58.0
Aguilar, Martin 12/10/2001 5/14/2004 10/30/2006 58.7
OReilly, Timothy 1/11/2005 11/1/2006 6/7/2010 59.8
Krylov, Petro 3/5/2002 8/3/2004 3/9/2007 60.3
Merritt, Robert 9/12/2007 3/14/2011 11/5/2012 61.9
Johnson, John 1/16/2004 2/1/2005 5/11/2009 62.2
Caraballo, Gilberto 12/10/2001 5/14/2004 1/14/2008 73.2
Sablan, William 12/12/2000 5/1/2001 1/22/2007 73.4
Burgos-Montes, Edison 1/12/2006 6/27/2007 4/9/2012 75.1
Hinestroza, Edwin R. 12/16/1998 5/4/2005 10/31/2005 82.7
Young, Donnell 11/20/1998 10/29/2002 10/15/2005: #2
1/12/2009 83.1
Sablan, Rudy 12/12/2000 5/1/2001 3/17/2008 87.3
Casey, Lashaun 8/17/2005 7/17/2007 1/22/2013 89.4
Williams, Naeem 2/15/2006 9/8/2006 1/28/2014 95.6
Duong, Anh The 9/26/2001 5/13/2004 2/22/2010 96.3
Shakir, Jamal 11/20/1998 10/29/2002 2/20/2007 99.3
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EXHIBIT E
Summary of Dispositions of Federal Death Penalty Cases Since
1988
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August 28, 2014
Since 1988, the federal government has taken to trial a total of 200 federal death penalty cases involving
293 defendants in 229 trials. These 293 defendants were culled from a larger pool of 493 against whom the
Attorney General had authorized the government to seek the death penalty. Excluding 11 defendants who are
awaiting or currently on trial on capital charges, 231 of the remaining 482 defendants avoided trial by negotiated
plea, when the government dropped its request for the death penalty without a plea agreement, dismissed charges
entirely or the judge barred the death penalty. Fourteen were found not guilty of the capital charge. Two others
were declared innocent by the government. Charges were dismissed against a third when grave questions were
raised about his guilt. There have been three executions. One death row inmate was granted clemency. In cases
where juries actually reached the point of choosing between life and death, they imposed 150 (66%) life sentences
and 79 (34%) death sentences. Of these 78 sentences of death, 3 defendants received a death sentence twice. Three
additional defendants received death verdicts, but new trials were granted and life sentences resulted - one by jury,
another by plea, a third by judge. The dispositions of these cases is summarized below:
Executed 3
Sentenced to death and now pending on appeal 19
Sentenced to death and now pending on 2255 39
Died Before Execution 1
Clemency 1
Awaiting retrial or re-sentencing after reversal 3
Death sentence vacated and request for the death penalty withdrawn 4
Life sentences imposed by juries (150) or judges (3) 153
Acquittal 14
Capital charges dismissed before trial on grounds of actual innocence 3
Dismissal of death penalty by Judge after death notice filed 26
Requests for the death penalty withdrawn by the government before trial 61
Requests for the death penalty withdrawn at trial 12
Capital prosecution discontinued by government due to plea bargain before
trial
114
Capital prosecution discontinued by government due to plea bargain at trial 21
Committed suicide/died 3
Lesser included conviction 3
Incompetent after authorization 2
Awaiting or on trial on capital charges 11
TOTAL 493
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Of the total of 493 defendants against whom the Attorney General has authorized the government to request
the death penalty, 129 have been white, or 26%, 92 Hispanic, or 19%, 20 Asian/Indian/Pacific Islander/Native
American, or 4%, 3 Arab, or 1% and 249 African-Americans, or 50%. 364 of the 493, or 74%, of the defendants
approved for a capital prosecution by the Attorney Generals to date are members of minority groups. Thirty-seven
of the fifty-nine defendants now on federal death row under active death sentences, or 63%, are non-white. 33, or
56%, of federal death row were convicted of killing whites.
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EXHIBIT F
Declaration of William W. Fick, Esq.
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Declaration of William W. Fick, Esq.


I, William W. Fick, state as follows:
1. I submit this declaration in support of the Defendants Motion for
Continuance. Specifically, I submit this declaration to explain the challenges posed by the
number, nature, and content of the seized electronic devices and storage media produced
by the government in discovery.
2. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, employed as an Assistant Federal Public Defender, and appointed as one
of the counsel of record to represent defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
3. This declaration is based on my own personal knowledge, review of
documents, review of derivative evidence extracted from electronic devices, discussions
with other members of the defense team who are directly involved in the forensic
processing and review of the electronic devices and storage media, as well as discussions
with employees of Federal Defender Organizations who provide consultation nationally
on issues concerning forensic review of electronic evidence.
4. To date, the government has produced the contents of approximately 30
electronic devices
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seized from locations connected to Mr. Tsarnaev and his brother

1
Even at this stage of the case I still use the word approximately because of the often-
ambiguous and disorganized manner in which some of these materials have been
produced. It is not always obvious, without considerable examination, what (whose)
electronic device is contained in a particular file or set of files. It appears, moreover, that
certain devices have been produced repeatedly in different forms at different times. The
resulting confusion is compounded because, we have seen, a single device sometimes has
turned out to have more than one FBI-assigned evidence identification number and/or
more than one USAO-assigned bates number (or bates range). The total of 30 is the
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(thought to have been used principally by them), as well as from individuals who are
immediate family members, friends, and associates of Mr. Tsarnaev and his brother.
2

The 30 devices include 7 computers, 10 data storage devices (e.g., USB thumb drives
and/or external hard drives), and 13 cellular telephones. Of these devices, two of the
computers (belonging to Matanov and Tazhayakov, each of whom is charged in a
separate related case and whose computers are very likely to contain substantial relevant
evidence) and 5 of the cellular phones were produced in or after J une 2014. Further, in
addition to the items already included in the 30-device total, the government on August
15, 2014 produced some number of electronic devices belonging to Mr. Tsarnaevs
sisters and Matanov. The defense has not yet been able to complete initial processing of
these materials; therefore, I cannot now specify how many devices belonging to whom
were in this latest production.
5. As the Supreme Court recently recognized:
The term cell phone is itself misleading shorthand; many of these devices
are in fact minicomputers that also happen to have the capacity to be used
as a telephone. They could just as easily be called cameras, video players,
rolodexes, calendars, tape recorders, libraries, diaries, albums, televisions,
maps, or newspapers.
. . . .

current best estimate, excluding duplicates, of the number of distinct seized devices and
storage media actually produced by the government to date.

2
The defense has reason to believe that the government seized a considerably larger
number of electronic devices in connection with its investigation than it has produced to
the defense so far, including devices seized from important individuals who were close to
one or both of the brothers, e.g., Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed by the FBI
during questioning shortly after he purportedly confessed to participating, with Tamerlan
Tsarnaev, in the September 2011 Waltham triple homicide.
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The storage capacity of cell phones has several interrelated consequences


for privacy. First, a cell phone collects in one place many distinct types of
information an address, a note, a prescription, a bank statement, a video
that reveal much more in combination than any isolated record. Second,
a cell phone's capacity allows even just one type of information to convey
far more than previously possible. The sum of an individuals private life
can be reconstructed through a thousand photographs labeled with dates,
locations, and descriptions; the same cannot be said of a photograph or two
of loved ones tucked into a wallet. Third, the data on a phone can date back
to the purchase of the phone, or even earlier.

Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473, 2489 (2014). In comparison to a cell phone, an
actual computer or data storage device (such as a USB thumb drive or external hard
drive) typically contains even more extensive information that can help to illuminate the
sum of an individuals private life.
6. The government has alleged in the indictment that certain files found on
seized electronic media demonstrate Mr. Tsarnaevs interest in radical Islamic ideology
and provide the motive for the Boston Marathon bombing and the other crimes that
followed.
7. In its August 1expert disclosure letter, the government indicated that
forensic computer examiners will testify concerning unspecified data extracted from
various devices, and will further opine about the timing of certain digital activity (e.g.,
file creation and access) as well as inferences about who was using a particular device at
a particular time. If and when the government discloses the actual substance of this
prospective testimony, the defense will need to verify the governments data and the
inferences its witnesses seek to draw from it. As described below, this will be a time-
consuming and painstaking process.
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8. Apart from the governments use of evidence derived from seized devices
that it deems to have evidentiary significance, the defense must conduct its own
comprehensive review of the devices in order to place the governments anticipated proof
in context and to ensure that a complete picture is presented to the jury.
9. Electronic devices used by Mr. Tsarnaev, his brother, and their family,
friends, and associates provide an enormous trove of information that shed light on the
activities, interests, and interactions with others of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar in the years
leading up to the Boston Marathon bombing. In particular, analysis of evidence derived
from the devices will help to illustrate the developing life trajectories, motivations,
external influences, and relative roles of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan over time. Such
evidence will likely play a critical role in the jurys determination not only concerning
guilt but also, in the event of a guilty verdict, appropriate punishment.
10. Below, I set forth the basic methodology that must be employed to reliably
examine different types of devices, with examples drawn from the evidence in the case to
illustrate the volume of information some of the particular challenges to review. I also
set forth the basic methodology that must be employed to trace the provenance of certain
files that appear to be have been transferred or copied among multiple devices.
Computers
11. With regard to computers, two primary software tools are commonly used
to perform forensic examinations and to extract relevant evidence: Internet Evidence
Finder (IEF) and Forensic Toolkit (FTK).
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12. Internet Evidence Finder is a software tool that identifies and extracts
artifacts of internet-related activity on a device such as web browsing traces (links,
cookies, referrer links, partial links), email remnants, Skype activity, cell phone backups,
text messages, twitter remnants, Facebook remnants, and internet chat remnants.
13. Once IEF identifies artifacts, they must be reviewed manually, one-by-one,
for potential relevance. The universe of potentially relevant information is then provided
to other defense team members (e.g., a mitigation specialist and/or attorney) or expert
witnesses for further review and integration into the defense case preparation.
14. As an example of an IEF search and extraction, the laptop computer
believed to have been used principally by Tamerlan contained 20,214 internet artifacts,
mostly in Russian. These artifacts were reviewed to identify, e.g., those that contained
Islamic-related terms, anything to do with explosives, guns, ammunition, and terms
related to the political situation in the Caucasus region. Investigation of a single artifact
e.g., a link to a website from browsing history could prove quite time consuming.
Each such link would have to be clicked during the review process in order to ascertain
the nature of the content underlying the link. In some cases, if the link was no longer
active (the particular web page had expired or changed), further research on an internet
archive site was necessary. Ultimately, 1,536 artifacts were identified as potentially
relevant, of which 753 were unique.
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Of these unique artifacts, 551 were in Russian, 153

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Some of the artifacts were functionally duplicative, for example, multiple visits to the
Kavkaz Center home page (a Russian-language news site concerning the Caucasus).
While the page likely had different content on each visit, the unique content viewed on
each visit cannot now be reconstructed.
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in English, 11 in Uzbek, 5 in Arabic, 2 in a combination of Arabic and English, and the


rest undefined (e.g., images of conflict in the Caucasus or Middle East that did not have
identifiable language content). The process of extracting and reviewing these artifacts
required approximately a month of full-time work.
15. FTK is a software tool that is used to process all of the files on a computer,
with the capability to bookmark files for further review or to extract selected files.
FTK can be used to view both files existing at the time the computer was forensically
copied and also has the capability to carve some of the files that were previously
deleted or overwritten.
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Once a computer is processed with FTK, individual files of
interest must be identified. While targeted keyword searching of text files is possible,
informed browsing is still necessary because the aim is to develop an overall
understanding of the computers principal user. Moreover, text searches cannot be used to
narrow the field of relevant images and multimedia files.
16. As an example of an FTK search and extraction, the same laptop computer
associated with Tamerlan, referenced above, contained 608,262 total files (actual and
carved). It contained 31, 337 text files (7,690 carved) of which, ultimately, just 15 were
of some interest and 11 were Islam-related. It also contained 237,076 graphic files
(198,775 carved), including everything from family photographs to religious imagery. It


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Conducting further analysis of a carved file can be more time consuming and
challenging because file attributes such as the name, date, and original directory location
of that file on the computer are absent.

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also contained 1,185 multimedia files (audio, video, etc.) of which 74 have been
identified as of interest in a review process that is still ongoing.
17. To date, the defense has accomplished substantial work on three of the
seven computers produced in discovery: laptops believed to have been principally used
by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar, respectively, and a desktop computer apparently shared by
multiple Tsarnaev family members at their Cambridge residence. At the same time,
much work still remains to be performed on evidence derived from these computers
before the defense can move on to focus on others, including devices belonging to other
family members and friends of Mr. Tsarnaev.
Data Storage Media
18. Data storage media such as USB thumb drives and external hard drives are
examined using FTK, which, as with computers, identifies actual currently-existing files
as well as carved files.
19. As an example, the external hard drive apparently recovered from one of
the Tsarnaevs vehicles at the Watertown shootout scene contained 46,892 files (15,794
carved) of which 51 are compressed file archives, 2,158 (1,668 carved) are text
documents, 21,515 (13, 947 carved) are graphics, and 9,286 are multimedia. Review is
ongoing; 76 files have proven to be of interest thus far.
20. To date, the defense has accomplished substantial work on 4 of the 10 data
storage devices.
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Cellular Phones
21. The government has produced phones in this case either in raw image form
(a forensic copy, analogous to the manner in which computers were produced) which is
then processed by the defense or in the form of forensic extraction reports containing
data and other materials taken from the phone.
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22. Types of information typically extracted from a phone include call records;
phone book, notes, voice notes, voicemail, SMS/MMS text messages, emails, images and
multimedia (from internet as well as photos and videos created by the phone itself), web
browsing history, and GPS data. Much of the textual and multimedia information is in
Russian. As with other devices (computers and media storage), all of this material must
be reviewed manually for potential relevance.
23. As an example, the phone of Mr. Tsarnaevs friend, Dias Kadyrbaev (who
recently pled guilty to federal charges), is illustrative.
24. Dias phone contained approximately 13, 000 text messages, most of them
in Russian plus a handful using Kazakh phrases. The phone apparently was shared
between Dias and his mother, and further review revealed that only about 3,000 messages
were actually sent to/from Dias during a couple of months that he had the phone in his
possession. After translation, these text messages with accompanying information filled
250 pages of small-print text. These messages provide a unique and valuable glimpse

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In several cases the government has produced multiple reports for the same phone,
made at different times with different software tools. These reports vary in their contents
and completeness such that, as a first step, the defense must create a combined hybrid
collection of material incorporating elements of each report.
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into the life of our client and his peers at UMass Dartmouth, into the family life of Mr.
Tsarnaev during times when Dias stayed at the Tsarnaev family home in Cambridge and
exchanged texts with his mother about his experiences.
25. Dias phone also contained approximately 30,000 images. After review, we
managed to distill it to 350 images of interest. As with text messages, these depict the
interests of Mr. Tsarnaev and his friends over time, their whereabouts, and their
associations with others.
26. To date, the defense has accomplished substantial work on 6 of the 13
phones produced.
File Origin and Transfer History
27. In addition to extracting derivative evidence from electronic devices and
reviewing that evidence for relevance, additional forensic examination is necessary to
conduct on certain files of particular interest in order to try, with available information, to
determine the device on which the file originated, the history of file transfer among
various seized devices, and the individuals using the relevant devices at the time of
creation or transfer. Multiple tools and sources of information must be employed to
perform this task; the analysis of a single file in this manner can require one or more full
days of work.
Conclusion
28. While the defense has made substantial progress processing and reviewing
seized electronic devices, the volume of material is daunting. As noted, several
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additional device copies were produced in mid-August 2014 and still more can be
expected.
29. Thorough review of all of these devices would easily require as much as an
additional year of work. Hiring additional computer forensic examiners would be
unlikely to accelerate the process meaningfully because the primary bottleneck is not the
raw processing and extraction of data but rather the review of data, much of it in Russian,
by members of the defense team with sufficient background knowledge to make reasoned
judgments concerning relevance.

Sworn under the pains and penalties of perjury this 29th Day of August, 2014.

/s/ William W. Fick
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Declaration of Frederic Whitehurst
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