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Criminal

May 19, 2015

A case in which she couldn’t cheat death

San Diego criminal defense attorney Judy Clarke has made her reputation helping notorious killers avoid capital punishment. But she suffered a defeat Friday when a federal jury sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev to death.


By Phil Johnson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Diego criminal defense attorney Judy Clarke has made her reputation helping notorious
killers avoid capital punishment. But she suffered a defeat Friday when a federal
jury sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev to death.


In past cases, Clarke secured life sentences for Theodore Kaczynski, commonly known
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