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Prized position, the boston marathon. the explosions killed three people. 23-year-old linsey loo, christie campbell, and 8-year-old martin richard, a third grader. scores more were injured, many with severe leg injuries that required amputation. in the days after, law enforcement officials raced to find the people responsible. and after the fbi released surveillance footage of its main suspect, one in a black hat and one in a white an m.i.t. officer was fatally shot late that thursday night. sar naef brothers then hijacked an suv, drove to the nearby suburb of watertown where they engaged with...

And lindsay. there was tremendous testimony from the prosecution during the death penalty phase and during the regular trial. the agony of the victim's families autopsy photos overwhelming evidence that dzhokhar tsarnaev planned and helped execute the people involved in this terror bombing along with his brother. >> to me this was the federal intent, what the lawmakers mainly intended that there be a capital case here that it would involve capital punishment in this kind of situation. >> this is exactly the kind of case that the federal death penalty was intended for in the sense that it was a...

The death penalty and if people answer yes to that they will be excused from the jury in a capital case. this is a practice the merits of which have been long debated because it has been argued that this slants jurors -- in potentially capital cases, in favor of those who would be inclined to vote for conviction. but as to the fact that public opinion generally is against the death penalty, i think even those jurors who do not have personal moral scruples that would prevent them from ever imposing it may be related to people who do or go to church where the pastor does it and they have it in t...

Defense attorney and former prosecutor. good to have you today for your expertise. i've been reading through your notes. you say the headline here is classic premeditated murder. why is that important to note? >> you know, it's really a very classic case of premeditated murder. he planned the entire attack. he dressed up like a fedex man. he went to the house, forced his way in. he tied everybody up and he made everybody wait until his ex-wife came home. and that just shows lying in wait. it's a kidnapping situation, where he holds them against their will while wait forking another person to c...