The Dzhokhar Tsarnaev defense: Will marijuana play a role?
January marked the start of what promises to be a four-month public reckoning: the trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. If the press reports about the evidence against him are accurate, most of the trial will not be about guilt or innocence; it will be about sentencing. Not a who-done-it, but a why-done-it.
If Tsarnaev is found guilty, the death penalty will be on the table, and the proceedings will …
