Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

Shaun Keating Boston Marathon Bombing, News Feather Story 2015

Trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins this week

The trial for Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins this week.

  • Jury selection started Monday for the Boston Marathon bomber.
  • The bomb killed 3 people & wounded over 260 in April, 2013.
  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will plead not guilty to 30 federal charges.
  • Lawyers have been working on a plea deal for Tsarnaev .
  • So far, it hasn’t worked out because of the death penalty.
  • The Justice Department wants to keep it as an option.
  • Massachusetts outlawed death penalty but this is federal.
  • A plea deal could prevent victims from reliving the bombing.
  • But some victims have said they want the death penalty.

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