Tsarnaev Sentenced to Death for Boston Marathon Bombing (killing the evidence)

‘After over 14 hours of deliberation, jurors have sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death on some counts.

The jury consisted of seven women and five men, and this marks the first time that a federal jury has sentenced a terrorist to death in the post-Sept. 11 era. Several juror members were reportedly crying as the sentencing came down. Tsarnaev displayed no signs of emotion.

The 12 jurors had to agree unanimously in order for Tsarnaev to receive the death penalty, otherwise he would have automatically received life in prison without parole. The execution will be carried out through lethal injection, but the sentence is likely to go through years of appeals.’

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