The jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death

The jury returned a verdict Friday in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev case: death penalty. On April 8, he was found guilty of all 30 counts of plotting the Boston Marathon bombings. CNN reported this.

The jury - 7 women and 5 men - deliberated for a total of 14 hours on what punishment Tsarnaev deserved. Among the 30 charges on which he has alreadyrecognized guiltyAbout 17 points he was facing the death penalty. In Massachusetts, the death penalty was abolished more than 30 years ago, but capital punishment can be applied if all members of the jury speak out unanimously. If at least one member of the jury spoke out, then Tsarnaev would be sentenced to life imprisonment.

On April 15, 2013, two explosions occurred within 12 seconds of each other in downtown Boston near the marathon finish line. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured. A few days after the terrorist attack, the police were on the trail of its organizers - the Tsarnaev brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar. During an attempt to arrest the eldest of the brothers, Tamerlan, was killed. Dzhokhar received gunshot wounds and was arrested.