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Jury shown graphic autopsy photos of Boston bombing victim

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BOSTON (AP) - Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been shown graphic autopsy photos of one of the three people killed in the attacks.

A medical examiner described the wounds of 29-year-old Krystle Campbell after the first bomb exploded near the marathon finish line April 15, 2013.

The medical examiner described wounds all over Campbell's body, including gaping wounds to her legs, third-degree burns to her back and numerous wounds from BBs and pieces of metal. She estimated that Campbell lived for up to a minute after the bombing.

One juror cried and wiped her face with a tissue as she looked at the photos.

Tsarnaev's lawyers have admitted that he and his late brother, Tamerlan, detonated the bombs, but they say Tamerlan was the mastermind.

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