No sentence after first full day of Boston bombing jury deliberations

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) - The first full day of jury deliberations in the Boston Marathon bombing trial ended on Thursday without a decision on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would be sentenced to death or to life in prison for the deadly 2013 attack.

The same 12 jurors who found the 21-year-old guilty in April of killing three people and wounding 264 at the race's crowded finish line, have been instructed to weigh a list of aggravating and mitigating factors reprising the trial's key themes.

In the prosecution's view, Tsarnaev is an unrepentant mass killer. The defense has painted him as a hapless college kid who was influenced by his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan.

Prosecutors argued that Tsarnaev is a jihadist who chose the world-renowned race as the best place to kill and maim as many people as possible, including children, for whom the day is a school holiday.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/boston-bombing-jury-begin-first-full-day-deliberations-110357052.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I wonder when they'll deliver their decision.

I would think they'd have their minds made up before long .

[christx30]

2. Hopefully since they didn't bounce

in and out of the deliberation room, it shows that they are looking at the evidence and making the best possible decision in the case.

[davidpdx]

3. The only thing in question is how many counts he'll be convicted on and which ones

More importantly will be the sentencing phase and I hope he is spared the death penalty so he can rot in hell for 50+ years.

[former9thward]

5. That is not in question.

He has already been convicted April 8 on all charges. This is the sentencing phase.

[TimeToEvolve]

4. an eye for an eye only creates more blindness