Tsarnaev's best defense: Judy Clarke, who keeps clients off death row

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 04:00 in Health & Medicine

If he is convicted, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect may be spared a trip to death row thanks to the addition of a criminal defense whiz — with a history of securing life sentences — to his legal team.Judy Clarke joined Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense team on Monday. She has represented some of the most infamous American criminals in recent history: Jared Loughner, who killed six people a...    

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