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And deliberations won t be a cakewalk. jurors have 24 pages of complicated instructions to sort through. so many issues to consider and a decision on death must be unanimous. deborah feyerick joins me now from outside the courthouse in boston. deb, the prosecution s closing arguments have. very emotional. take us inside the courtroom. who was there and what was said? yeah. it was really very emotional. a number of the victims families were there. the father of officer sean colli collier, parents of 8-year-old martin richards was there. the prosecutors made the point giving dzhokhar tsarnaev the death sentence is not giving him what he wants which would be martyrdom, it s giving him what he deserves said the prosecutor. one of the few people who were actually a able to read the extremist literature and carry out such an act of terrorism. the prosecutor was forceful saying don t be fooled by cute pictures of dzhokhar as a child. he said, quote, all murderers start as cute children. ....
To be highly personal to each and every one of those jurors as they decide whether, in fact, death is the appropriate sentence. so deb, so many things that these jurors have to consider. is there a feeling how heavily of the words from helen prejean, the death penalty opponent, how might her words impact that she says she heard dzhokhar tsarnaev say to her that no one deserves to suffer? well, that was critical for the defense. they were able to show the jury that in the view of this nu nshg he feels sorry, remorseful but the prosecutor hit hard saying no remorse then, no remorse now. even though he may have appeared to be sorry those words never came out of his mouth. all right. and deb, is there a feeling as to what this day might look like for are those jurors? ....
Walking. jurors are determining whether or not to sentence dzhokhar tsarnaev to death after his conviction on 30 counts. let s talk about the sister taking the stand and talking to the court and of course the jury. deborah feyerick is following that for us. tell us what that was like deb. reporter: well it was very interesting. her testimony was nothing short of explosive, carol. she met with dzhokhar tsarnaev five times most recently in the last couple of days. there was a question as to whether in fact she would testify but she took the stand and she said that they discussed the marathon bombing and that they talked about the victims and she said that when she spoke to dzhokhar tsarnaev he said emphatically no one deserves to suffer like they did. she said his eyes were lower. there was pain in his voice. he appeared to be sincerely remorseful telling the jury i had every reason to think he was genuinely sorry for what he did. now, we have seen so little reaction from dzhokhar tsa ....
thank you, deb, and joey. i appreciate it. coming up, a tragic reminder to all about the dangers of being a police officer. four suspects are now due in court this afternoon as a mississippi town mourns two officers killed in the line of duty. ....
Did. we sat in that courtroom looking at dzhokhar tsarnaev trying to read his body language. this is the first time we hear any suggestion that in her words he was remorseful for what he did and that s why the prosecution didn t want her to testify and that s why the defense did want her to testify. to be clear, there were strict perimeters which she had to follow including not discussing her stance against the death penalty. cnn legal analyst, hln legal analyst joey jackson with us. you have helen prejean on the stand saying dzhokhar tsarnaev is remorseful. the defense would not put dzhokhar tsarnaev on the stand. it is him testifying through a nun so that s powerful. as deb says, very limited ....