Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Jury reaches verdict in Boston bombing trial

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is shown in a courtroom sketch on the first day of jury selection at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts January 5, 2015. A U.S. judge on Monday began the process of selecting the jury that will hear the trial of Tsarnaev, telling the first of some 1,200 prospects to read no more news accounts about the deadly blasts. Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, could get the death penalty if convicted of killing three people and injuring more than 260 others by detonating a pair of homemade bombs placed amid a crowd of thousands of spectators at the race's finish line on April 15, 2013. Photo by Jane Flavell Collins/Reuters

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is shown in a courtroom sketch on the first day of jury selection at the federal courthouse in Boston on Jan. 5, 2015. Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, could get the death penalty if convicted of killing three people and injuring more than 260 others by detonating a pair of homemade bombs placed amid a crowd of thousands of spectators at the race’s finish line on April 15, 2013. Photo by Jane Flavell Collins/Reuters

Jury deliberations have concluded in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Globe reported via Twitter Wednesday.

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Court will reconvene at 1:45 p.m. EDT, and the verdict will be read, the newspaper reported.

The jury reached its verdict after more than 12 hours of deliberations “>spread over two days.

Tsarnaev, 21, is charged with 30 counts, 17 of which carry the death penalty. WBUR in Boston compiled a list of the counts:

COUNT 1
Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, resulting in death
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 2
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 3
Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 4
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 5
Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 6
Conspiracy to bomb a place of public use, resulting in death
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 7
Bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 8
Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 9
Bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 10
Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 11
Conspiracy to maliciously destroy property, resulting in death

COUNT 12
Malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 13
Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 14
Malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 15
Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 16
Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 17
Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 18
Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
*Death penalty charge

COUNT 19
Carjacking, resulting in serious bodily injury; aiding and abetting

COUNT 20
Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting

COUNT 21
Interference with commerce by threats and violence; aiding and abetting

COUNT 22
Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting

COUNT 23
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #3 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting

COUNT 24
Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pressure Cooker Bomb #3) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting

COUNT 25
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #1 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting

COUNT 26
Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pipe Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting

COUNT 27
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #2 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting

COUNT 28
Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pipe Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting

COUNT 29
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #3 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting

COUNT 30
Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pipe Bomb #3) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting

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