article_snippet.sent: The mother-in-law of one of one of the Boston bombers has taken to the stand to tell how The mother-in-law of one of one of the Boston bombers was converted to Islam by her daughter husband, as lawyers try to argue the other brother out of being put to death.
article_snippet.sent: Judith Russell, whose daughter Katherine married Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two mass murderers who set of bombs at the 2013 Boston marathon, spoke at a court in the city today.
article_snippet.sent: On the stand: Judith Russell, pictured right in a 2013 file photo, took to the stand in the trial of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
article_snippet.sent: Judith Russell told how Judith Russell , left, converted to Islam after meeting Dzhokhar's brother Tamerlan .
article_snippet.sent: Judith Russell is pictured in a yearbook photo, before Judith Russell converted to Islam .
article_snippet.sent: Judith Russell was brought before the jury as a defense witness - and told how Tamerlan met Tamerlan daughter and got Tamerlan pregnant before gradually becoming more radical in Tamerlan views.
article_snippet.sent: Judith Russell told jurors Tamerlan drifted from her daughter as a result of the relationship - and that at some point was shocked to find her daughter wearing the veil and a new convert to her daughter husband's faith.
article_snippet.sent: Though Judith Russell admitted that Katherine seemed to take on the religion of Katherine own volition - and still upholds it - Katherine testimony indicated that Judith Russell was the cause and Katherine considered the move a sacrifice for Judith Russell.
article_snippet.sent: At one point Katherine revealed that Tamerlan, who was originally unemployed and unmotivated, became so zealous in Judith Russell faith that Judith Russell tried to force literature on Katherine, too, and encourage Katherine to convert.
article_snippet.sent: Katherine told jurors that Katherine has an Islam For Dummies book on Katherine shelf at home, but couldn't remember who gave an Islam For Dummies book on her shelf to Katherine.
highlights_snippet.sent: Called Judith Russell to the stand, who is mother-in-law of Dzhokhar's older brother Tamerlan - who was killed in police firefight after the bombing .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Told how her daughter was enthralled by Tamerlan and became Muslim .
  