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evidenceevidencedocument2015 Federal TrialInspire magazine, 2010, including pages 33 and 40 and “Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom”During the Day 63 sentencing closing argument, Mellin cited pages 33 and 40 of the 2010 Inspire magazine and its bomb-making article. He compared its instructions with the bombs used in the case and argued that its descriptions of lethal effects, crowded placement and shrapnel bore on intent and aggravating factors.
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Inspire magazine, 2010, including pages 33 and 40 and “Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom”

During the Day 63 sentencing closing argument, Mellin cited pages 33 and 40 of the 2010 Inspire magazine and its bomb-making article. He compared its instructions with the bombs used in the case and argued that its descriptions of lethal effects, crowded placement and shrapnel bore on intent and aggravating factors.

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Mellin used the magazine's passages in arguing that the defendant intended to kill, engaged in substantial planning, created grave risk to others, and intended serious physical injury.

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