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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

“Tsarnaev’s defense team cites sway of mother, brother; Radical religion said to permeate family setting”: Patricia Wen and Milton J. Valencia have this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Katharine Q. Seelye has an article headlined “Tsarnaev’s Lawyers Focus on Chaotic Upbringing in Case Against Death Penalty.”

Eric Levenson of Boston.com has an article headlined “Defense: Supermax Prison Is Miserable, So Send Dzhokhar Tsarnaev There.”

Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald has an article headlined “Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s mother-in-law: Islam became an ‘obsession.’” And columnist Peter Gelzinis has an essay titled “Only way to erase Dzhokhar is to let him live: Supermax means silence.”

Reuters reports that “Boston bomber’s lawyers to probe Tsarnaev’s troubled history.”

The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Tsarnaev defense: spare him the death penalty, put him in supermax prison.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Tovia Smith had an audio segment titled “Defense Team Urges Jury To Send Boston Bomber To Prison For Life.”

And online at Slate, Seth Stevenson has a post titled “A Smorgasbord of Excuses: The defense tries a little of everything to save Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty.”

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Legal Battle Over Gay Marriage Hits The Supreme Court Tuesday”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “Supreme Court hears arguments on same-sex marriage this week.”

Today at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “A Midnight Visit To The Folks Camped Out At SCOTUS.”

And starting at 10:45 a.m. eastern time, “SCOTUSblog” will live blog updates from the oral argument via this link.

According to a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued last month, “The Court will post the audio recording and unofficial transcript as soon as the digital files are available for uploading to the Website. The audio recording and transcript should be available no later than 2 p.m. on April 28.”

Posted at 8:36 AM by Howard Bashman