This is just before the judge in boston will be giving Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs formal sentence. It was april 1th when he was officially sentenced to death, this is a formality. Ive got danny cellos with me and also cnn Law Enforcement analyst tom fuentes. Danny, first to you. How rare is it to even have this convicted terrorist addressing the courtroom. It actually happens in both federal and state cases. A defendant has an absolute right of allocution and as much as Defense Attorneys tell you have that right but for appeal purposes i recommend you not exercise it ultimately that choice is always always the defendants and not the attorneys so defendants can do just about anything they want although statistically i would imagine they usually do not exercise that right to address the public so ultimately what to keep in mind here is that this defendants absolute right to address the public and address the members of the courtroom. Let me jump in because obviously weve got people inside the co
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