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evidenceevidencedocument2015 Federal TrialProposed Mitigating Factor No. 21 concerning government restrictions on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's communications with the outside worldProposed Mitigating Factor No. 21 concerned the government's power to severely restrict Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's communications with the outside world. Weinreb said the court had allowed the defense to list it, but argued that the power was not individualized to this defendant and that the government could discuss prison conditions already in evidence.
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Proposed Mitigating Factor No. 21 concerning government restrictions on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's communications with the outside world

Proposed Mitigating Factor No. 21 concerned the government's power to severely restrict Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's communications with the outside world. Weinreb said the court had allowed the defense to list it, but argued that the power was not individualized to this defendant and that the government could discuss prison conditions already in evidence.

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The proposal identified outside-communication restrictions as a defense mitigating factor, while the government disputed whether that power supplied an individualized basis for sentencing.

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2015 Federal Trial

Day 62