A US jury has sentenced Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to
death by lethal injection. BBC Reports.
After 14 hours of deliberation, the jury of five men and
seven women came to its decision.
Three people were killed and 260 were injured when Tsarnaev,
now 21, and his brother placed bombs at the finishing line of the Boston
Marathon in 2013.
Victims and their family members sobbed as the sentence was
read. Tsarnaev bowed his head but showed no emotion.
Jurors made findings on 12 factors that would support the
death penalty and 21 mitigating factors his defence said supported a life in
prison verdict.
The jury's decision had to be unanimous Tsarnaev to receive
a death sentence.
Seven of 30 charges Tsarnaev was convicted of allow the
possibility of the death penalty.
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