A month ago, Dzhokar Tsarnaev was found guilty of all thirty charges stemming from his 2013 terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon. Now the sentencing phase is over, and the jury has returned its verdict: Death.
As the New York Times reports:Boston Marathon Bomber receives death penalty
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A month ago, Dzhokar Tsarnaev was found guilty of all thirty charges stemming from his 2013 terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon. Now the sentencing phase is over, and the jury has returned its verdict: Death.
As the New York Times reports:The jury, which last month convicted Mr. Tsarnaev, 21, of all 30 charges against him, 17 of which carry the death penalty, took more than 14 hours to reach its decision. The jury — seven women and five men — sentenced Mr. Tsarnaev to death on six of the 17 counts — all six related to his planting a pressure-cooker bomb on Boylston Street, which his lawyers never disputed. In reaching its decision, the jury found that Mr. Tsarnaev had shown no remorse for his actions, and it rejected the defense argument that his older brother, Tamerlan, a self-radicalized jihadist, had brainwashed him into joining in the bombings.Here's another report, via Twitter, from NBC News:
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death. @PeteWilliamsNBC reports: http://t.co/fnpk8F6t6r
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 15, 2015Read next: The Death Penalty Upholds the Value of Human Life