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Verdict Is In: Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Verdicts.

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A federal jury has convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the college student who collaborated with his brother to bomb the finish line of the Boston Marathon, on the first count against him: Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. That pretty much closes the book on this trial. While the jury dutifully reads out the other 29 verdicts, Tsarnaev has already been convicted on one of the 17 that carried the death penalty, and it’s hard to see how he could get off on anything else once the jury pegs him on that first count. UPDATE: He has indeed been found guilty on all 30 counts. See below.

As an offense eligible for the death penalty, the jury will now start the second phase of the trial to decide whether Tsarnaev gets life or death. UPDATE: Judge O’Toole says the penalty phase will start next week, but not necessarily on Monday.

We will update this post with a running tabulation of the subsequent verdicts.

Credit to @GarrettQuinn from MassLive for on the spot Tweeting about the verdicts:

COUNT 2: Use of weapon of mass destruction: GUILTY
COUNT 3: Use of a firearm during a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 4: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2): GUILTY
COUNT 5: Used or carried a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 6: Conspiracy to bomb a place of public use: GUILTY
COUNT 7: Bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1): GUILTY
COUNT 8: Used or carries a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 9: Bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) GUILTY
COUNT 10: Used or carried a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 11: Conspiracy to maliciously destroy property: GUILTY
COUNT 12: Malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1): GUILTY
COUNT 13: Used or carried a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 14: Malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2): GUILTY
COUNT 15: Defendant used or carried a firearm (Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 16: defendant used or carry a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 17: Used or carried a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm ) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 18: Used or carried a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 19: Carjacking and aiding and abetting: GUILTY
COUNT 20: Used or carried a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm ) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 21: Interference with commerce by threats or violence: GUILTY
COUNT 22: Used or carried a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 23: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #3) GUILTY
COUNT 24: Used or carried a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm and Pressure Cooker Bomb #3) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 25: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #1) GUILTY
COUNT 26: Used or carried a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm and Pipe Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 27: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #2) GUILTY
COUNT 28: used or carried a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm and Pipe Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY
COUNT 29: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #3): GUILTY
COUNT 30: Used or carried a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm and Pipe Bomb #3) during and in relation to a crime of violence: GUILTY

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