A jury condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death on Friday, May 15th, for his role in killing four people and wounding hundreds more in the 2013 Boston marathon bombings.
A federal jury Friday sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, the final chapter to a brutal, emotionally exhausting trial that brought forth indelible images of an unspeakable crime.
There
was no visible reaction from Tsarnaev, 21. Several survivors and
relatives of victims dabbed tears in the quiet courtroom.
Bill
and Denise Richards, parents of the bombing's littlest victim,
8-year-old Martin, looked on stoically from the second row. They were
against the death penalty.
The verdict marked the first time in the post-9/11 era that federal prosecutors have won the death penalty in a terrorism case.
Tsarnaev
could be sent to death row in Terre Haute, Indiana, but his final
destination will not be known until after the judge formally sentences
him in court. No sentencing date has been set.
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