. >> reporter: on the opening day of the trial last week, soloman shah, was dismissed in the lawsuit even though he is heard make something insulting comments, and he did not stop the other doctor, the anesthesiologist from recording that the patient had hemorrhoids when he did not. peggy fox, wusa 9. >>> and the washington post firsted this story as a juror told them there was not much defense because everything was on tape, and they had to give a settlement to make sure it doesn't happen again. >>> today was the formal sentencing for boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. the jury recommended death, and today, for the first time, tsarnaev spoke to his victims. >> reporter: tsarnaev began by praising allah. in the silent courtroom, the boston marathon bomber apologized to his victims saying that he learned their faces and names and then asked allah for mercy. the jury's recommendation was death. the sentence was a foregone conclusion. the panel rejected the defense argument that tsarnaev was under the influence of brother tamerlin. >> i am grateful that they came to the conclusion because