Miriam Conrad, chief federal public defender for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, is leading the defense team representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15. (Courtesy of the Federal Public Defender's Office / AP)
6:08 pm ET -The defense team for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes several lawyers experienced in terrorism cases. It takes a certain kind of lawyer, it seems, to represent accused terrorists.
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In Boston Marathon bombing case, significant progress and mass confusion
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Enough media attention for Dr. Kermit Gosnell murder trial?
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What US did to terrorism suspects after 9/11 was torture, report finds
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