Jury begins 2nd full day of deliberations in Tsarnaev penalty phase
BOSTON (WPRI/AP) — Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are set to return to federal court Friday to resume deliberations on his punishment. The jury of seven women and five...
View ArticleJurors continue deliberations in Tsarnaev trial penalty phase
BOSTON (WWLP) – There is still no decision from jurors, as they deliberate for a third day (and second full day) in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Jurors got an early start Friday morning,...
View ArticleDzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death
BOSTON (AP) — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical older...
View ArticleJury didn’t buy defense’s attempt to “humanize” Tsarnaev
BOSTON (WWLP) – After fifteen hours of deliberations, a jury of 12 decided Dzhokhar Tsarnaev must be executed by lethal injection for his role in the 2013 attacks at the Boston Marathon finish line....
View ArticleA look back at the federal death penalty
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The death penalty is just the jury’s recommendation, but if Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death, he’d join nearly 60 other inmates on federal death row. According to the...
View ArticleLocal reaction to Boston Bomber jury verdict
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Many sharing their opinions in western Massachusetts Friday after residents found out the jury returned a death penalty verdict for Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev....
View ArticleLocal clergy weighs in on Tsarnaev trial
HAYDENVILLE, Mass. (WWLP) – In the wake of the jury in the Tsarnaev case handing down a guilty verdict, 22News spoke with a local clergyman to get his opinion on the death penalty. Reverend Chris...
View ArticleGovernor Baker speaks about death penalty verdict
BOSTON Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker spoke about the death penalty verdict today. He referred to the marathon bombings as an act of terrorism. Baker said he hoped it would bring...
View ArticleUS calls death sentence `fitting punishment’
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says a jury’s decision to sentence Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death is “a fitting punishment.” Lynch issued a statement Friday after...
View ArticleChafee ‘disappointed’ Tsarnaev sentenced to death
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Likely Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee said Friday he’s “disappointed” that a jury has sentenced convicted Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, saying...
View ArticleJury finds that bomber showed no remorse
BOSTON (AP) — Jurors who sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have found that he showed no remorse. The jury found that Tsarnaev committed 11 of 12 aggravating factors that prosecutors...
View ArticleWill death make Tsarnaev a martyr? Experts say it depends
BOSTON (AP) — Does putting Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death make him a martyr for the cause? Some analysts worry that Tsarnaev’s eventual execution could inspire more attacks. But...
View ArticleMarathon bomber to be sentenced in June
BOSTON (WWLP) – The judge in the Boston Marathon bombing trial will formally sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev next month. Jurors on Friday recommended that Tsarnaev be executed for his role in the deadly...
View ArticleProsecutors seek 7 years for Boston Marathon bomber’s friend
BOSTON (AP) — A college friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might have prevented a university police officer’s shooting death by helping authorities find Tsarnaev instead of helping him,...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber to be sentenced June 24th
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death on June 24. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. set the date on Thursday. A jury earlier this month...
View ArticleTsarnaev friend sentenced to 72 months in prison
BOSTON (AP) — A college friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to six years in prison for impeding the investigation into the 2013 attacks. Dias Kadyrbayev apologized to...
View ArticleFriendly fire likely injured cop during Tsarnaev manhunt
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts prosecutor says it’s “highly likely” that friendly fire critically injured a police officer during a gun battle with the Boston Marathon bombers days after the...
View Article2 Tsarnaev friends sentenced to years in prison
BOSTON (WWLP-AP) — Two college friends of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were sentenced to at least three years in prison, in connection with the destruction of evidence in the case. Friday...
View ArticleReport: Man with meat cleaver taken into custody outside Boston courthouse
BOSTON (WWLP-AP) – Police took a man into custody outside the federal courthouse where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was formally sentenced to death. A Boston police spokeswoman told the Associated Press the man...
View ArticleTsarnaev: “I’d like to apologize to the victims and the survivors”
BOSTON (WWLP) – Speaking in public for the first time, Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized for carrying out the deadly attacks at the finish line in 2013. His statement came during the...
View ArticleRumors fly that Boston Bomber is already in Terre Haute; officials confirm...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – You may have heard rumors on Thursday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is already in Terre Haute, and at the Federal Prison. We’ve heard those rumors too. A plane arrived in Terre...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber files motion for new trial
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has filed a motion for a new trial, less than two weeks after he was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attack. Tsarnaev’s lawyers filed a...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber is moved to Colorado Supermax prison
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now detained in the highest-security prison in the country. Tsarnaev was sentenced to death last month. He then was taken from Massachusetts...
View ArticleLawyers ask for new trial outside Boston for marathon bomber
BOSTON (AP) — Defense lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said in a court filing Monday that he deserves a new trial in a different location where jurors will be impartial. They...
View ArticleJudge rejects bid to make names of Tsarnaev jurors public
BOSTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a motion by The Boston Globe to publicly release the names of jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Judge George O’Toole Jr.’s ruling Monday came more than...
View ArticleLawyers spar over prison restrictions for marathon bomber
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are sparring over whether an agreement that allowed a loosening of communications restrictions on Tsarnaev in prison...
View ArticleHearing set for marathon bomber’s request for new trial
BOSTON (AP) — A judge will hear arguments next month on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s request for a new trial. Tsarnaev’s lawyers said in a motion filed in August that he did not get a...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber’s lawyers argue for new trial
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — sentenced to death for his admitted role in the deadly 2013 attack — deserves a new trial to reconsider both his guilt and his punishment, his...
View ArticleNo more jail time for man who loaned gun to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
BOSTON (AP) — A man who loaned a gun used by the Boston Marathon bombers to kill a police officer was sentenced Tuesday to the 17 months he has already served and apologized, saying his actions were...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev loses bid for new trial
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s bid for a new trial and ordered him to pay victims of the deadly attack more than $101 million in...
View ArticleJudge orders release of documents in Boston Marathon bombing
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the public release of hundreds of documents in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death last year...
View ArticleProsecutors: Marathon bomber showed ‘opposite of remorse’
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gave a stunning courtroom apology when he was sentenced to death in the deadly 2013 attack, but just after he was captured, he showed “the...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombing documents shed little new light
BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of newly released court documents in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shed little new light on the 2013 attack, but hundreds more could stay secret for years...
View ArticleDzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers filing appeal
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have filed a notice of appeal. The notice filed Friday with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn’t describe any grounds for...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber asks for new lawyers to handle appeal
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has asked a federal appeals court to appoint new lawyers to handle the appeal of his conviction and death sentence. Tsarnaev’s lawyers filed a...
View ArticleDocuments reveal details about Boston Marathon bombers
BOSTON (AP) — Tamerlan Tsarnaev passed the U.S. citizenship test and denied terrorism links months before he and his brother detonated two bombs that killed three people at the Boston Marathon finish...
View ArticleNickelodeon star to play Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in movie
BOSTON (WPRI) — It’s now public who will play the two Boston Marathon bombers in Mark Walhberg’s upcoming moving depicting the attack. According to The Wrap, Alex Wolff – from Nickelodeon’s “The Naked...
View ArticleBoat owner’s 911 call to end Boston Bomber manhunt released
(CNN) – We’re hearing for the first time the 911 call that ended the most dramatic manhunt in Boston’s history. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother were wanted for setting two bombs near the finishing...
View ArticleGov. Baker increases security statewide following Orlando attack
BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Charlie Baker is stepping up security in Massachusetts, following Sunday’s shooting that killed at least 49 people, and wounded more than 50 others at a gay nightclub in...
View ArticleJudge denies release of defense costs for marathon bomber
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion by The Boston Globe to disclose the amount of taxpayer money used to pay for the defense of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Judge George...
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