05-15-2015, 04:28 PM
The jury gave him Life on many of the counts.
They voted for Death on the ones related to use of a weapon of mass destruction.
So, on the charges related to the intentional murder of the 3 victims at the Marathon, the death sentence was handed down. But, for the murder of Officer Collier after the Marathon, Tsarnaev was instead given a life sentence.
Even if the jury had only given him death on one of the counts, he'd be going to death row. But, the fact that there were several death sentences handed down for a specific rationale makes a successful appeal by the Defense less likely.
I heard a report on HLN that only three of the jurors believed the Defense's claim that Dzhokhar's was acting under the heavy influence of his older brother when he committed the crimes.
They voted for Death on the ones related to use of a weapon of mass destruction.
So, on the charges related to the intentional murder of the 3 victims at the Marathon, the death sentence was handed down. But, for the murder of Officer Collier after the Marathon, Tsarnaev was instead given a life sentence.
Even if the jury had only given him death on one of the counts, he'd be going to death row. But, the fact that there were several death sentences handed down for a specific rationale makes a successful appeal by the Defense less likely.
I heard a report on HLN that only three of the jurors believed the Defense's claim that Dzhokhar's was acting under the heavy influence of his older brother when he committed the crimes.