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BREAKING: Jury Finds Tsarnaev Guilty (All 30 Counts) in Boston Marathon Bombing

Source: Reuters

Jury finds Tsarnaev guilty in Boston Marathon bombing

BOSTON | Wed Apr 8, 2015 2:31pm EDT

By Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber

BOSTON (Reuters) - The jury hearing the Boston Marathon bombing on Wednesday found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013 attack on the city's best-attended sporting event, as well as fatally shooting a police officer four days later.

Tsarnaev, 21, was tried on a sprawling 30-count indictment, with 17 of the charges carrying the death penalty. The jury that found him guilty will now decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without possibility of parole.

Jurors spent just over 11 hours evaluating Tsarnaev’s guilt in two days of deliberations, following 16 days of testimony.

Defense lawyers have admitted that Tsarnaev committed the crimes of which he stands accused but said he did so at the bidding of his older brother Tamerlan, 26, who died following a gunfight with police in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0MZ0ZI20150408

South Carolina Mayor: White Officer Who Fatally Shot Black Man in the Back Has Been Fired

Source: Associated Press

South Carolina mayor: White officer who fatally shot black man in the back has been fired

Associated Press 9 minutes ago

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina mayor: White officer who fatally shot black man in the back has been fired.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/south-carolina-mayor-white-officer-fatally-shot-black-170533048.html

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