'Dead Man Walking' Nun Testifies Boston Bomber 'Genuinely Sorry' for His Victims

A Roman Catholic nun who is opposed to the death penalty testified for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday, saying she believed he was "genuinely sorry" for the victims of the terrorist attack.

Sister Helen Prejean, whose book "Dead Man Walking" was turned into a Hollywood movie in 1995, was presented by the defense as its final witness in the trial that seeks to determine if Tsarnaev should be sentenced to die.

Prejean said she had five meetings with Tsarnaev since March, according to CNN.

Tsarnaev was earlier convicted of all 30 charges filed against him, including 17 that could warrant a death penalty.

According to Prejean, she met Tsarnaev "for the same reason I visit with other people who have done really terrible crimes."

When Prejean first met Tsarnaev at a federal prison in Boston, she said, "I walked into the room and I looked at his face, and I remembered thinking, 'Oh my God, he's so young, which he is.'"

She said they talked about the three persons killed in the bombing and she quoted him as saying, "No one deserves to suffer like they did."

Prejean said she believed Tsarnaev was sincere by the "pain in his voice."

"I had every reason to think he was taking it in and was genuinely sorry for what he did. The groundwork and the trust were there. And I knew. I felt it," she testified.

She denied that she was paid to testify in the trial.

The defense is trying to portray Tsarnaev's brother, Tamerlan, as the mastermind of the bombing. He died after the bombing during a gun battle with the police and after being hit by a car driven by Dzhokhar.

If Dzhokhar is imprisoned, he would serve his sentence at Colorado's ADX Florence, which is also known as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."

Warden John Oliver said Tsarnaev's mail and conversations would be monitored but he could get a job inside the facility.