

Defense lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 22, claim he deserves a new trial in a different location where jurors will be impartial. During the court filing on August 17, Dzhokhar’s legal team claimed jurors in the city couldn’t be objective because of widespread outrage in the city after the disturbing and violent attacks.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber who was sentenced with the death penalty for his role in the tragic attacks, has finally issued an apology to his victims and their families on June 24, while also admitting to being guilty. This was his first public statement since the April 2013 bombing.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, was found guilty of all 30 charges against him on April 8 in connection to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that left 4 people dead and 264 injured. Of those 30 charges, a total of 17 came with the possibility of the death penalty, which Dzhokhar was sentenced to on Friday afternoon, May 15, in a Boston, Mass. courtroom.
Bill and Denise Richard, parents of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, are ready to move on with their lives. The couple wrote an emotional op-ed opposing the death penalty for their son’s murderer, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, so they can finally heal.
Nearly two years after the horrifying bombing at the Boston Marathon, a jury has decided that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, is guilty every count he was charged with (30 total), including several that make him eligible for the death penalty, due to his role in the violent and deadly attack. The group deliberated for 11.5 hours before making a united choice on April 8, and following the announcement of their decision, celebrities flocked to Twitter to react.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, has been found guilty for all 30 counts he was charged with in the 2013 attack on the Boston Marathon. His actions left 4 people dead — Krystle Campbell, Martin Richard, Sean Collier, and Lingzi Lu — as well as 264 people injured. The verdict arrived just one day after the jury began deliberations on April 7 over whether or not Dzhokhar was responsible for the deadly terrorist attack.
Matthew Patterson, a paramedic from Lynn Fire Department in Mass., described the horrific moment he discovered Jane Richard, now 8-years-old, in his testimony against Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21.