Boston Marathon Bomber Guilty of All Charges, Faces Death Penalty
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who, along with his brother, was accused of detonating a bomb at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, was found guilty of all 30 charges today by a jury in Boston. All of the verdicts were unanimous.
Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planned and carried out the April 15, 2013 bombing, which killed three people and injured hundreds more. Tsarnaev was also convicted of killing an MIT police officer Sean Collier during the three-day manhunt that followed the bombing. Tamerlan died during a shootout with police in Watertown, Mass.
halfway thru reading of counts #Tsarnaev is fidgeting, rubbing his chin, scratching the back of his head, stilll not looking at the jury
— Alexandra Field (@AFieldCNN) April 8, 2015
Seventeen of the 30 counts carry a possible penalty of death. The jury—seven women and five men—will reportedly reconvene to decide sentencing on April 13.