Will Boston bomber Dzokher get death?
1 Feb 2014 5:53 AM IST
US Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement that he was authorizing trial prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev, who is charged with committing one of the largest attacks on US soil since 11 September 2001.
‘The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision,’ Holder said. Holder had faced a Friday deadline for deciding whether to seek the death penalty as part of Tsarnaev’s upcoming trial in Boston.
Government prosecutors said in a filing with the US District Court in Boston that reasons for Holder’s decision included that the killings were premeditated, cruel and that Tsarnaev had shown a lack of remorse.
‘One way or another, based on the evidence, Tsarnaev will die in prison,’ Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said. A trial date has not yet been set for Tsarnaev, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh reacted to Holder’s announcement by saying he supported ‘the process that brought him to this decision,’ adding that his thoughts were with the victims of the bombing and their families. ‘We stand together as one Boston in the face of evil and hatred,’ he said.
UNUSUAL CRIME
Prosecutors say that Tsarnaev, 20, and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan planted a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race’s crowded finish line on 15 April 2013, killing three people - including an 8-year-old boy.
‘The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision,’ Holder said. Holder had faced a Friday deadline for deciding whether to seek the death penalty as part of Tsarnaev’s upcoming trial in Boston.
Government prosecutors said in a filing with the US District Court in Boston that reasons for Holder’s decision included that the killings were premeditated, cruel and that Tsarnaev had shown a lack of remorse.
‘One way or another, based on the evidence, Tsarnaev will die in prison,’ Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said. A trial date has not yet been set for Tsarnaev, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh reacted to Holder’s announcement by saying he supported ‘the process that brought him to this decision,’ adding that his thoughts were with the victims of the bombing and their families. ‘We stand together as one Boston in the face of evil and hatred,’ he said.
UNUSUAL CRIME
Prosecutors say that Tsarnaev, 20, and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan planted a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race’s crowded finish line on 15 April 2013, killing three people - including an 8-year-old boy.
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