The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. Jurors in the  federal criminal trial of found him guilty yesterday of all 30 charges for the bombing of the  which occurred on April 15, 2013. The bombings killed three people and injured a further 264 people. Tsarnaev was also found guilty of shooting dead Sean Collier, an  police officer. The jury took eleven hours across two days to find Tsarnaev guilty. Tsarnaev was represented by , a  specialist who previously represented , the "Unabomber". The defence focused on averting the death penalty, and called only four witnesses, seeking to present Tsarnaev's older brother Tamerlan as the guiding force in the attack. They said that Tamerlan searched online for terms like "detonator" and that while Tamerlan's fingerprints were found on the bombs, Dzhokhar's were not. Though  does not have the death penalty, as the case is being heard in federal court the prosecutors are able to seek the death penalty. The second phase of the trial is to decide whether or not Tsarnaev will be executed or sentenced to life in prison.
The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. Jurors in the US federal criminal trial of found him guilty yesterday of all 30 charges for the bombing of the Boston Marathon which occurred on April 15, 2013. The bombings killed three people and injured a further 264 people. Tsarnaev was also found guilty of shooting dead Sean Collier, an MIT police officer. The jury took eleven hours across two days to find Tsarnaev guilty. Tsarnaev was represented by , a death penalty specialist who previously represented , the "Unabomber". The defence focused on averting the death penalty, and called only four witnesses, seeking to present Tsarnaev's older brother Tamerlan as the guiding force in the attack. They said that Tamerlan searched online for terms like "detonator" and that while Tamerlan's fingerprints were found on the bombs, Dzhokhar's were not. Though Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, as the case is being heard in federal court the prosecutors are able to seek the death penalty. The second phase of the trial is to decide whether or not Tsarnaev will be executed or sentenced to life in prison.
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