Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150407:19:39:00
Through a guilt phase trial at all. the answer is first, he has a right to do that. he has the choice to do that. and that is his right. and his attorneys will do that. and that allows the defense to put on more evidence to put on than they would have just in the penalty phase. and they didn't offer much. and there was an offer for a guilty plea and there was a conscious decision not to do that and the government was going to pursue the death penalty. and at the very least she is hoping the jurors will have the deliberations ss tuned to the level of dzokhar's involvement and that is important ...
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