Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts in Boston bombing

After two months of jury selection and 17 days of moving and often disturbing testimony from 95 witnesses, it took a Boston jury just over 11 hours to convict Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on all charges relating to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Tsarnaev, 21, was found guilty of all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, for his role in the attack that left three people dead and 264 injured two years ago. Seventeen charges carried the death penalty, and the same jury will now decide whether to sentence Tsarnaev to death or life in prison without possibility of parole.
Outside the courthouse afterward, survivors of the attack said they were grateful for the outcome.
“It’s not a happy occasion,” said Karen Brassard, who was wounded along with her husband and daughter. “But we’re glad to put it behind us.” She said that it had been a difficult process, but the survivors had gotten through it together.
United States attorney Carmen M Ortiz applauded the verdict: “As we enter this next phase, we are focused on the work that remains to be done.”
The jury officially began their deliberation on Tuesday morning following closing statements from the prosecution, the defence, and a brief prosecution rebuttal. Assistant US attorney Aloke Chakravarty gave an emotional closing argument which aimed to ram home the horror of Tsarnaev’s crimes.