Leave this poor woman alone. She is a wife, she works nearly all the time to support her family. She is very intelligent in hiring lawyers to protect her and her child. I am sure they are receiving death threats. Enough already, we are a civilized society.

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Scott Malone

PROVIDENCE, R.I./BOSTON (Reuters) - The wife  (click here) of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect is assisting authorities and in absolute shock that her husband and brother-in-law were accused of the deadly blasts, her lawyer said on Tuesday....

There is no family mafia here. Absolutely there isn't.

A mother's plea is exempt from scrutiny. This is nonsense and just an excuse for sensationalism.

The family is mourning their losses. They have a right to privacy.