 The fate of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect is expected to be known next week. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the sensational trial of Johar Sarnayev. BU News reporter Paul Dudley joins in the studio with this recap. Thank you, Christina. The defense team for Johar Sarnayev took under six hours to make their case. Not of innocence, but rather that Johar was influenced by his older brother, Tamalyn. Johar Sarnayev is being accused of 30 federal charges for his role in the bombing which killed three people and injured 264 others. It was two years ago this month, an explosion that changed Boston forever. But now, after the defense rested, the city is one step closer to justice. Lawyers for Johar Sarnayev argued that the idea for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was contrived by his brother, Tamalyn. What was the goal of the defense? To convince the jury that Johar Sarnayev was a weak-willed young person who was following the lead of his older, now-dead Johadi brother, Tamalyn. Still, since the start, Sarnayev's defense attorney, Judy Clark, said it was him and that there was little that occurred the week of April 15th that they dispute. Jamie Bologna has been covering the trial for Finish Line Podcast. The defense takes less than six hours for witnesses. Why? Again, because the judge has not allowed them to make the full case in this stage of the trial. So what they're building toward is the sentencing phase. Prosecution rested their case two days ago with one final testimony from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on eight-year-old Martin Richard. Martin Richard, of course, eight-year-old boy who died in front of a forum restaurant on Boyleson Street. It was horrific and there were jurors who were crying, there were jurors who were shielding their eyes. The fight was one of those moments where you're sitting there and you just go, this is horrifying. Jurors may have been filled with emotion, but Sarnayev appeared to be without. He sat blank-faced as he has done throughout most of the trial. And earlier in the trial, prosecution focused on victims Lindsey Liu, who was killed when the bomb went off, causing blast injuries to her lower legs and Crystal Campbell, who died of significant blood loss after the bomb went off at the Finish Line. Still, defense only called four witnesses to the stand and took less than six hours. Closing statements are on Monday. Back to you.