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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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GAMADES: "Wrong drugs" used in death penalty case spark questions

GAMADES: “Wrong drugs” used in death penalty case spark questions

Lucy Gamades October 14, 2015

Imagine my surprise last spring when the last person to testify in the Boston Marathon bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was someone I had portrayed in a high school play. Sister Helen Prejean is a Roman...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Thursday, April 30. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Defense rests in penalty phase of Tsarnaev trial, closing statements, verdict to come

Lindsey Hover May 12, 2015

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case Monday on the eighth day of defense testimony in the penalty phase of Tsarnaev’s trial, prompting rebuttal from the prosecution and signaling the beginning...

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