But his big mean older brother made him do it, so it's ok, right?In a blunt opening statement at the nation's biggest terrorism trial in nearly 20 years, Tsarnaev's own lawyer flatly told a jury that the 21-year-old former college student committed the crime.
"It WAS him," said defense attorney Judy Clarke, one of the nation's foremost death-penalty specialists.
Influence. Dzhokhar's just a mindless puddle of human flesh, traveling whichever way the wind blows."The evidence will not establish and we will not argue that Tamerlan put a gun to Dzhokhar's head or that he forced him to join in the plan," Clarke said, "but you will hear evidence about the kind of influence that this older brother had."
Ummm, okay, can we just bring the needle in right now?
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