Boston bomber says sorry for the first time before being formally sentenced to death
21 year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will receive his formal death sentence later today.
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21 year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will receive his formal death sentence later today.
The last federal execution, of Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh, was conducted at Terre Haute in 2001.
Some are opposed to the sentence while others support it.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to the death penalty over the killings.
Five family members who took to the stand yesterday.
One prosecutor says it shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as “unconcerned, unrepentant, and unchanged.”
Judge George O’Toole Junior dismissed the jury after a little more than seven hours of deliberations.
The 21-year-old American is accused of carrying out the attacks that killed three people and wounded 264.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could be put to death.
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got under way today, with his defence team admitting: ‘It was him’.
Jury selection is expected to take three weeks with jurors allowed excuse themselves if they object to the death penalty.
Hundreds have been summoned for jury selection.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces the death penalty over the April 2013 attacks.
Federal death penalty cases are relatively rare in the United States, and are often reserved for the most heinous and notorious crimes.
The ceremonies will take place at the scene of the bombings on Boylston Street.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (20) has pleaded not guilty.
A Boston police officer released the photos as he was angry about a Rolling Stone magazine cover he felt glamorised the suspect.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been shot in the face and also had a fractured skull a doctor found after he gave himself up to police following a stand-off in a Boston suburb in April.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been indicuted on 30 counts, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction.
The note reportedly refers to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing as ‘collateral damage’ for US action in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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The three teenagers – two Kazakhs and an American – appear to have been hastily trying to keep him out of trouble rather than taking part in an organised conspiracy.
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He has been moved to a prison medical centre, reports say.
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His first hearing in US federal court has been scheduled for Thursday, 30 May.
ABC and NBC say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose throat is severely injured, is writing his responses to questions from investigators.
Cambridge resident Eric Grzymkowski told TheJournal.ie what it was like to discover that the Tsarnaev brothers lived just five doors from his home.
Boston City Mayor Tom Menino has said that authorities do not know if they will ever be able to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in a serious condition in a Boston hospital, under armed guard.
Petr Gandalovič issued the statement following the Boston Marathon bombings, saying that he was “concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding”.
Dzokhar Tsarnev’s arrest prompted celebrations at Citi Field last night.
At a hastily arranged press conference, visibly delighted police paid tribute to the work of their colleagues and gave more details about a dramatic showdown in Watertown.