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SENTENCEDTO DEATH

Tsarnaev gets ultimate penalty for placing Marathon bomb

By Milton J. ValenciaGLOBE STAFF

The federal jury that watchedDzhokhar Tsarnaev sit impassively incourt for the past three months deliv­ered the severest form of justice Fri­day, sentencing the homegrown ter­rorist to death for detonating a bombamid Boston Marathon spectatorsthat left wounds — emotional andphysical — that will persist across life­times.

Tsarnaev again stood stonefacedas the verdict was read by a courtclerk and some stern­faced jurorsdabbed their eyes. He becomes thefirst terrorist condemned to death bya jury in the United States in thepost­9/11 world.

The unanimous verdict brought toa close a legal drama that has unfold­ed on the South Boston waterfrontsince January, with searing testimonyabout the bombings that killed three,took the limbs of 17 others, and in­jured hundreds more. Throughoutthe proceedings, the lanky 21­year­old showed no remorse.

The death sentence automaticallysets in motion an appeals process thatcould last more than a decade.

“Our thoughts should now turnaway from the Tsarnaev brothers forgood,” US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz

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Moments after thejury’s sentence wasannounced, as it be­came clear thatDzhokhar Tsarnaev

was bound for federal death row inTerre Haute, Ind., I turned to my left.

In the second row on the far sideof Courtroom 9, Bill and DeniseRichard leaned forward, dry­eyed.Two rows in back of them, Liz Nor­den wiped tears from her eyes.

The Richards opposed the deathpenalty for the man who murderedtheir 8­year­old son, saying it wouldlead to an endless cycle of appeals,keeping Tsarnaev in our collectiveconsciousness forever. Liz Norden,whose sons JP and Paul lost theirlegs on Boylston Street, believedTsarnaev deserved to die for what hedid.

Their reactions might not havebeen expected by most, but trying topredict reactions in the abstract ismeaningless. So, too, was the wide­spread belief that a jury in Massa­chusetts would never sentence any­one to death, even someone as crueland remorseless as Dzhokhar Tsar­

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Shows noemotion;appeals maylast decade

WHEN IS THE FORMALSENTENCING?US District Judge George A.O’Toole Jr. must officially imposethe death penalty, and he will dothat in a sentencing hearing at alater date. The jury’s decision is le­gally binding. At the hearing,Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s victims willhave an opportunity to confronthim. Tsarnaev, if he chooses, couldaddress the court.

WHERE WILL TSARNAEVEVENTUALLY GO?Because he was sentenced to death,he will probably be taken to thefederal prison at Terre Haute, Ind.,where the Bureau of Prisons holdsinmates on death row.

WILL HE APPEAL?Tsarnaev will probably engage in alengthy appeals process that couldtake more than a decade. He willprobably focus on several of thejudge’s decisions, including the re­fusal to relocate the trial.

More on what's next, A7.

What willhappen next

After whatjurors saw,no simple

choice

Kevin CullenCOMMENTARY

JANE FLAVELL COLLINS

Use of a weapon of mass destruction (pres­sure cooker bomb #2) in the vicinity of 755Boylston St., and aiding and abetting, result­ing in the deaths of Lingzi Lu and MartinRichard.

Possession or use of a firearm (pressurecooker bomb #2) during and in relation to acrime of violence, namely, use of a weaponof mass destruction, and aiding and abetting,resulting in the deaths of Lu and Richard.

Bombing of a place of public use (pressurecooker bomb #2) in the vicinity of 755 Boyl­ston St., and aiding and abetting, resulting inthe deaths of Lu and Richard.

Possession or use of a firearm (pressurecooker bomb #2) during and in relation to acrime of violence, namely, the bombing of aplace of public use, and aiding and abetting,resulting in the deaths of Lu and Richard.

Malicious destruction of property by meansof an explosive (pressure cooker bomb #2),and aiding and abetting, resulting in thedeaths of Lu and Richard.

Possession or use of a firearm (pressurecooker bomb #2) during and in relation to acrime of violence, and aiding and abetting,resulting in the deaths of Lu and Richard.

DEATH PENALTY FOR 6 OF THE 17 COUNTS

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By Patricia WenGLOBE STAFF

The 24­page verdict form com­pleted by jurors Friday in thedeath­penalty trial of Boston Mara­

t h o n b o m b e rDzhokhar Tsar­naev sent one clearmessage: The de­

fense team’s narrative about whythis lanky, expressionless defen­dant deserved a measure of sympa­

thy did not ring true.During deliberations over 14½

hours, the jury rejected each of fourkey aspects of the defense case. Thepanel did not agree that Tsarnaevcame under the domination of anolder brother, that he was largelyneglected by troubled parents, andthat the toughest high­securityprison in America would preventhim from achieving future fame.

And in what may have been piv­

otal in the jury’s decision, the panelalso rejected the defense conten­tion that the 21­year­old Cam­bridge high school graduate was re­morseful. Tsarnaev showed littleemotion throughout the trial, evenwhen some victims with prostheticlegs testified about multiple surger­ies they have endured, or BB’s stilllodged in their bodies.

“His lack of remorse sealed hisfate,” said George Vien, a former

veteran federal prosecutor in Bos­ton with death­penalty expertise.

No jurors were available forcomment in the courthouse afterthe verdict was read, and theiridentities have so far been keptconfidential by the court.

But the jury’s reasoning can bepotentially gleaned from the ver­dict form, which shows how mem­bers voted on dozens of “aggravat­

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Defense unable to generate sympathy for a terrorist

By David Abeland John R. Ellement

GLOBE STAFF

There was deep relief, and therewas angst.

A federal jury’s dramatic decisionFriday to sentence Boston Marathonbomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to deathsparked mixed feelings among thesurvivors, emergency personnel, andothers who experienced the horrorunleashed when two homemadepressure­cooker bombs detonatednear the finish line of the world­re­nowned race on April 15, 2013.

Sydney Corcoran was seriouslyinjured in the blasts, along with hermother, Celeste, who lost both legs.After the verdict, Sydney turned tosocial media.

“My mother and I think thatNOW he will go away and we will beable to move on. Justice,’’ SydneyCorcoran wrote on her Twitter ac­count. “In his own words, ‘an eye foran eye.’ ”

Heather Abbott, who lost her leftleg below the knee after the secondbomb exploded on Boylston Street,

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Sense of relief for some survivors, but little peace

JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF

Kevin Corcoran, his daughter Sydney (left), seriously injured in the attack, and hiswife, Celeste, who lost both legs, embraced after the verdict. The four killed by theTsarnaevs (from top): Lingzi Lu, Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, and Sean Collier.

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