In Boston, completed the first stage of the selection of jurors in the case of the terrorist attack

On Wednesday, January 7, in a trial of explosions during a marathon in Boston in 2013, the first jury selection stage was completed. About 1350 candidates filled out an 28-page questionnaire and got acquainted with the list of potential witnesses. Over the next week, the court and the parties to the process (defense and prosecution) will examine the questionnaires of candidates for jury.

The court will again call the selected candidates for an interview no earlier than January 15. The end of the jury selection is scheduled for January 23, the beginning of the hearings for the case is January 26. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is present in the courtroom at all stages of jury selection.

Let us recall that Tsarnaev Jr. (his older brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed in a shootout with police shortly after the terrorist attack) pleads not guilty to all 30 charges. Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty if the jury finds Dzhokhar guilty. His lawyers hope to achieve leniency from the jury, arguing that Dzhokhar was an accomplice, but was certainly under the influence of his older brother, writes Voice of America.