Boston bomber waits for execution in Colorado
to death. but tonight, he’s in southern colorado. bostonk marathon bomber dzhokar tsar tsarnaev is in the supermax prison tonight{# prison tonight i{ prison tonight in florence. the federal prison is just south of florence… off highway 67. this comes only a day after tsarnaev’s formal sentencing hearing. there, he apologized to the victims saying he’s sorry for the lives taken and the suffering he caused. tonight, krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller gives us a look inside the prison… and gets reaction from people who live less than a mile away from it. when people who live near the who live near the us-penetiary found out zhokar tsarnaev was coming to town – it didn’t really affect them. i’m from philadelphia and there were four prisons surrounding my home. we don’t even give it second thought with the prison system being up there. greg: tsarnaev was convicted of his role in the boston marathon bombing and sentenced to death last month. but he’s not the first person to spend time here in florence. formally called adx florence – it’s also known as the alktaraz of the rockies. it’s been home to the unibomber, the shoe bomber, the only man convicted in civilian court for the 9-11 attacks, zacarias moussaoui we watched hinm, they had several cars ont he ground, they brought their on a helicopter. they ahd four gunships flanking and set it right on the ground. and now the boston marathon bomber. it doesn’t really bother me. and it probably shouldn’t. inmates spend 23 hours a day in isolation, in cells that are just seven by twelve feet . never seeing the light of day – which has led to some inmates amputati amputating their own fingers after being driven mad by the silence. world class terrorists living mp right next door, being in incarcarated. they’re in the main lcoked down part of the prison. it’s the most secure facility in the nation. in florence, greg miller, krdo newschannel 13. 34 prisoners convicted of terrorism- related charges have been sent to supermax in florence.
