Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty; Death Penalty Possible

Posted 8/4/15

BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) has been convicted in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.A federal jury found Tsarnaev guilty Wednesday in the 2013 terror attack …

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Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty; Death Penalty Possible

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BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) has been convicted in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.A federal jury found Tsarnaev guilty Wednesday in the 2013 terror attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260. He kept his hands folded in front of him and looked down at the defense table as the guilty verdicts were read.The jury will now decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be sentenced to death or receive life in prison.Tsarnaev's conviction was widely expected, given his lawyer's startling admission during opening statements that he took part in the bombing. But the lawyer also argued that Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan, masterminded the attack and enlisted his then-19-year-old brother to help.Prosecutors portrayed the brothers as full partners in a plan to retaliate against the U.S. for its wars in Muslim countries.

FILE - JULY 27: According to reports July 27, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been indicted on 30 charges including the killing of four people and using a weapon of mass destruction. UNKNOWN - APRIL 19: In this image released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 19, 2013, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19-years-old, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing is seen. After a car chase and shoot out with police one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was shot and killed by police early morning April 19, and a manhunt is underway for his brother and second suspect, 19-year-old suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. The two are suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, that killed three people and wounded at least 170. (Photo provided by FBI via Getty Images)

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