"Showed no emotion" was a phrase often repeated in media reports throughout the first phase of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial. That changed today. The Boston Marathon bomber "appeared to break down" as his 64-year-old aunt took the stand, the Globe reports; she's one of five relatives who testified today as part of the sentencing phase. The Globe reports Tsarnaev reached for a tissue and "appeared to wipe tears from his eyes" as his aunt sobbed 10 feet from him; the AP more plainly declares that he cried.
The Globe notes that Patimat Suleimanova was herself incredibly emotional, so much so that she hyperventilated; after just a few minutes of her answering basic biographical questions about herself, she left the stand on the suggestion of Judge George O'Toole Jr., reports the AP. It's unclear if she'll finish testifying. The sentencing phase is expected to wrap up in two weeks. Read more from the relatives who did give testimony here. (More Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stories.)
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