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Tsarnaev’s defense depends on why he did it, not if

Season 2015 Episode 630 | 5m 17s

Nearly two years since the attack on the Boston Marathon, the trial for suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got underway Wednesday. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Emily Rooney of WGBH about the scene in the Boston courtroom.

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