Marathon Bomber's Lawyers Give Jury Glimpse Into Family Life

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are giving the jury glimpses into his troubled family as they try to save him from the death penalty. The testimony came during the penalty phase of Tsarnaev's trial, when the federal jury will decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should get the death penalty or life in prison for the 2013 bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 260. Tsarnaev's lawyers are hoping his background — combined with their claim that he was heavily influenced by his volatile older brother, Tamerlan — will convince the jury he does not deserve a death sentence.

 

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