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Photograph of Dzhokhar making a finger gesture at the camera
The photograph depicts Dzhokhar Tsarnaev making a finger gesture toward a camera. In closing argument, Clarke described it as a one-second image taken out of its video context and argued that Tsarnaev had apologized when confronted.
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Clarke challenged the government's use of the photograph in sentencing argument, contending that the isolated image omitted childish video context and an apology and did not show that Tsarnaev would be difficult to manage in prison.