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Friday, May 15, 2015

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Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death

A protestor from Veterans for Peace waits outside the Moakley Federal Court in Boston, Friday, May 15, 2015, after the U.S. Attorney's office announced that there was a verdict in the penalty phase of the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (AP)Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted last month for carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attacks, was sentenced to death on Friday afternoon.The 12 jurors voted unanimously to impose the death penalty against Tsarnaev. The jury reached a verdict after roughly 14 hours of deliberation. Tsarnaev, 21, was found guilty on all 30 charges he faced stemming from the terror attack he and his late brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev carried out on April 15, 2013, during the Boston Marathon, which killed three people and injured more than 260. Seventeen people lost limbs in the blast.

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