Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Will Face Death Penalty For Boston Marathon Bombing

enero 30, 2014
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will face death penalty

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WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder today released the following statement regarding the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:

“After consideration of the relevant facts, the applicable regulations and the submissions made by the defendant’s counsel, I have determined that the United States will seek the death penalty in this matter. The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision.”

The Boston Marathon Bomber who killed three people and wounded 260 will face the death penalty. On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20. Seventeen of the thrity federal charges against him – including the use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill – carries the possibility of such a sentence.

Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty. A trial date has not been set.

Tsarnaev and his 26 year old brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, both ethnic Chechens from Russia who had been living in the Boston area for around a decade planted two pressure cooker bombs near the marathon finish line in April to retaliate against US military action in Muslim countries.

In the race to track down the bombers, Tamerlan was shot and died during a confrontation with police. Dzhokar Tsarnaev escaped on foot and hid out in a boat until a massive manhunt that shut down the Boston area ended with his capture.

Killed in the bombings were: Martin Richard, 8, of Boston; Krystle Campbell, 29, of Medford; and Lu Lingzi, 23, a Boston University graduate student from Shenyang, China. At least 16 others lost limbs.

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