U.S. objects to Boston bomber's lawyers' call to 'look deep inside'
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday objected to what they said was a call by lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that jurors "look deep inside" themselves when considering whether they believe the testimony of foreign witnesses.
In a filing in Boston federal court, prosecutors said they objected to what they said was the defense's request that U.S. District Judge George O'Toole instruct the jurors to consider whether they are naturally prejudiced in favor of "people like themselves" and if they tend to discredit the testimony of foreign witnesses.
The jury last week found Tsarnaev, 21, guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 at the April 15, 2013, attack on the marathon and three days later shooting dead a police officer. Next week the jury will begin considering whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without possibility of parole.
Both prosecutors and defense witnesses are set to begin calling another round of witnesses, with the trial's sentencing phase expected to take four weeks before the jury begins deliberations on Tsarnaev's fate.
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