Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

[Rhatkinson]

Someone asked if the Boston Bomber would be able to invoke the Fifth Amendment in his civil court. If there is overwhelming evidence showing him as the perpetrator of the crime (i.e. him setting the bomb down in front of the crowd), would he even be called to testify?

The 5th Amendment concern is, as Bill suggests, whether he will talk about upcoming plots, who he trained under, etc., not about whether he would testify at his trial. I can assure you that whoever his lawyer ends up being will absolutely counsel him NOT to testify at his trial (because they do not want to subject him to cross examination.)