Tsarnaev found guilty in Boston Marathon bombing trial
The jury in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has found the defendant guilty of all 30 charges against him, 17 of which carry the possibility of the death penalty.
Among the charges, jurors found Tsarnaev guilty of using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, conspiracy, and aiding and abetting.
Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in Boston bombing. 17 of those counts punishable by death http://t.co/aayl56dPH3 pic.twitter.com/9niI9Ltu5H
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 8, 2015
The verdict was reached by a panel of seven women and five men after more than 11 hours of deliberation spanning two days.
BREAKING: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty in Boston Marathon bombing; jury to weigh possible death sentence.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 8, 2015
Tsarnaev, who is eligible for life in prison or the death penalty, will face a second phase of the trail to determine his fate. A start date for the sentencing phase has not yet been set.
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Tsarnaev faced 30 charges against him, including using a weapon of mass destruction. After an initial plea of not guilty, Tsarnaev’s lawyers admitted that he participated in the bombings but claimed that his now-deceased brother, Tamerlan, was the mastermind behind the deadly attack. During his initial interrogation, Tsarnaev said that he and his brother were motivated by Islamist extremists online, but were not affiliated with any wider organization.
On April 15, 2013 Tsarnaev and his now-deceased brother Tamerlan, killed three people (Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, and Lingzi Lu) and injured more than 260 after exploding two pressure-cooker bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line. A fourth victim, MIT police officer Sean Collier, was killed three days after the bombing, shot to death in his squad car on the MIT campus.
From #BostonBombing victim Jeff Bauman: "Will never replace the lives that were lost...but it is a relief, and one step closer to closure.”
— Christina Manduley (@cmanduley) April 8, 2015
U.S. vs. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is the most high-profile federal terrorism trial since the 1997 trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
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