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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Bombing
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Bombing
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
MAY 15, 2015
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/
dzhokhar-tsarnaev-death-sentence.html
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BOSTON In a sweeping rejection of the defense case, a federal jury on
Friday condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013
Boston Marathon bombings.
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The jury found that death was the appropriate punishment for six of 17
capital counts all six related to Mr. Tsarnaevs planting of a
pressure-cooker bomb, which his lawyers never disputed. Mr. Tsarnaev sat
stone-faced as the verdict was announced.
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At the same time, the jury rejected the centerpiece of the defense
argument, that he was under the influence of his older brother, Tamerlan,
a self-radicalized jihadist. Nor did it believe that being locked away in
the supermax prison in Colorado would sufficiently restrict Mr. Tsarnaevs
communications with the outside world.
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Only two of the 12 jurors said on the verdict form that they believed he
had expressed sorrow and remorse for his actions, a stinging rebuke to
Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun who had testified for the
defense that Mr. Tsarnaev was genuinely sorry for what he had done.
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The bombings transformed the marathon, a cherished rite of spring, from a
sunny holiday on Boylston Street to a smoky battlefield scene, with
shrapnel flying, bodies dismembered and blood saturating the sidewalks;
three people were killed, while 17 people lost at least one leg. More than
240 others sustained serious injuries, some of them life-altering.
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The jury took 14 hours to reach its sentence, which some legal specialists
said was relatively quick in a case this complex.
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Eric M. Freedman, a death penalty specialist at Hofstra University Law
School, said that the relative speed of the verdict suggested two possible
grounds for an all-but-certain appeal: the failure to grant a change of
venue, despite the overwhelming evidence the defense presented about
community attitudes in Boston, and the failure to instruct the jury that
if a single juror refused to vote for death, the result would be a life
sentence.
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Unfortunately for all concerned, Mr. Freedman said, this is only the first
step on a long road.
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But other lawyers said that 14 hours was not speedy at all in a case like
this, in which so much of the evidence weighed against the defendant, and
they saw no serious grounds for appeal.
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Ive seen juries return verdicts in 25 minutes if the evidence is strong,
said Michael Kendall, a former federal prosecutor in Boston. But rarely do
you have a case like this a crime of such enormity to start with, plus a
mountain of evidence and a defendant who is so unsympathetic.
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He said he thought that Mr. Tsarnaevs callousness had struck the jury.
After he blows up this child on purpose, hes out at the convenience store
buying milk, then he smokes a little dope and plans on blowing up New
York, Mr. Kendall said.
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