I’m sure that Tsarnaev doesn’t give an Islamic damn about what he says.
And do his lawyers actually think that he is innocent?
They can’t be that stupid, or can they?
That's what criminal defense has sunk to in this country -- not doing the best you can for your defendant who is obviously guilty; but rather trying to find ways to beat the rap. I was sickened by that crap about "family dysfunction, mental illness and the impact of family chaos on the defendant as he grew up." So what? He plotted, built a bomb, killed and terrorized the marathon attendees, killed a cop, then ran over his brother with a car; and now apparently he's totally all jihadist and unrepentant.
Unless his defense lawyers want to put Islam on trial, I really don't see what his upbringing has to do with his defense at this point.
When they say they’re looking for “mitigation”or “mitigating factors” it means they know the dirtbag “done it.” But they’re looking for things that might explain and excuse his dirtbag behavior. Maybe his Momma was ugly? Maybe he never got terlet trained? Maybe he just thot he was testing his new pressure cooker? Maybe his religion still had him living in the 12th century? Oh, wait. that just might work?