A still from a surveillance footage shows the moment Dzhokhar Tsarnaev flipped off a camera in his jail cell three months after his arrest. The image was first showed to jurors in his death penalty trial on Tuesday, and entered into evidence the next day. Defense attorneys for the 21-year-old tried to claim in court on Wednesday that the picture was shown out of context. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nadine Pellegrini said the striking image was Tsaranev's 'message to America' and evidence that he was unrepentant for the crime and deserving of the death penalty. 'He's simply callous and indifferent to human life. It's his character that makes the death penalty appropriate and just,' she added
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