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You're never going to see footage from the ongoing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial in Boston. So, if you want the unedited play-by-play of the accused Boston bomber's courtroom drama (that isn't typed out in 140 characters) you'll have to buy a transcript.
But that's going to cost you, says Hilary Sargent at Boston.com. Sargent, who is covering the federal case, spoke with a court reporter who estimated the total project cost for the fastest transcript turnaround. The estimated 68-day trial will likely rack up about 15,300 pages of transcript, which comes to $92,656. If that number is difficult to wrap your brain around, let me put it into perspective. You can either buy the full transcript of the Boston bombing trial or you can buy 5 top-of-the-line 18-karat gold Apple Watches. The choice is yours.
To be fair, the money for the transcripts goes directly to those hard-working court reporters (and not Uncle Sam), who have to pay for their own software and equipment. And that $92,565 price could drop if you are one of the lucky subsequent buyers and not the first eager beaver out of the gate. —Lauren Hansen
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
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