BOSTON — In a startling turn, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized for the lethal attack for the first time Wednesday just before a judge formally sentenced him to death. “I am sorry for the lives that I’ve taken, for the suffering that I’ve caused you, for the damage that I’ve done — irreparable damage,” […]
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Boston bombing defense rests in penalty phase
BOSTON — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case Monday to save him from the death penalty, portraying him as an impressionable teenager from a troubled family who was lured into the deadly plot by his radicalized older brother. The defense team called more than 40 witnesses during the penalty phase of […]
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Prosecution rests its case against Boston Marathon bomber
BOSTON — Prosecutors rested their case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday after jurors in his federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe the devastating injuries suffered by an 8-year-old boy killed in the 2013 terror attack. At least three jurors cried and wiped their eyes […]
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Death penalty protocol focus of Boston Marathon bomb hearing
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will ask a judge to discuss the timeline and procedure for prosecutors to decide whether to seek the death penalty. A joint status report filed in court says the defense wants the court to address “the death penalty protocol” in federal court on Monday. […]
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Boston bombing suspect had multiple gunshot wounds
BOSTON — Newly unsealed court papers describe the injuries to the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect. According to a doctor who treated him, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s injuries included multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the face, and a skull fracture. The injuries were described by Stephen Ray Odom in a legal proceeding at Beth Israel Deaconess […]
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W. LaRochelle: What’s all the fuss about?
I can’t believe the fuss being made over the photo of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine’s Aug. 1 edition. In the AP report published in the Sun Journal on July 18, the image is described as being reprehensibly “glamorous”; Boston Mayor Tom Menino considers it […]
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Massachusetts State Police sergeant faces hearing after releasing photo of bombing suspect
Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said the agency didn’t authorize Sgt. Sean Murphy to release the photos to Boston Magazine and won’t release them to other media. Murphy told Boston Magazine he released the photos because he was furious over a Rolling Stone cover photo he believes glamorizes suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He said his […]