The Watertown man immediately called , police arrived and surrounded the boat, and the alleged terrorist, who was wounded from the earlier gun battle, was taken into custody. Before his capture, Tsarnaev reportedly scrawled a note inside the boat indicating the Boston bombings were committed in retaliation for U.
At the time of the bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a former amateur boxer, was married and had a young child. The brothers were Muslims, born in the former Soviet Union republic of Kyrgyzstan in and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev arrived in the United States with his parents in , and the family soon applied for political asylum and settled in Cambridge.
Tamerlan and his two sisters followed the family to America in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, described by classmates as a popular student, became a naturalized U. His older brother, a community college dropout who was frequently unemployed, had a green card but was not an American citizen. Investigators have suggested the Tsarnaevs were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs but planned and carried out the bombings on their own and were not connected to any terrorist groups.
The brothers allegedly used the Internet to learn how to build explosives. In July , Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to the 30 federal charges against him, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death.
Tsarnaev was found guilty by a jury of all 30 charges against him on April 8, He is eligible for the death penalty, and is currently held in the high-security U. Penitentiary, Florence-High in Colorado , while his legal staff represents his appeals.
On April 15, , the mayor of Boston and the governor of Massachusetts hosted a ceremony honoring the marathon bombing victims along with the first responders on the scene. The th running of the marathon took place the following week. The 5, runners who were prevented from completing the marathon due to the bombings were guaranteed a spot in the race.
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The conflict energized anti-British sentiment From April to March , in the opening stage of the American Revolutionary War , colonial militiamen, who later became part of the Continental army, successfully laid siege to British-held Boston, Massachusetts.
In its petition, Justice Department lawyers called Tsarnaev's case "one of the most important terrorism prosecutions in our nation's history". The Supreme Court very rarely hears cases it's asked to review. However, justices agreed to hear oral arguments and decide by June next year whether to reinstate the original death sentence or uphold the appeal court's decision to ask a lower court to reconsider the sentencing. Tsarnaev will spend the rest of his life in jail regardless of the Supreme Court's judgement.
Who is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Rolling Stone defends Boston cover. Death sentence for Boston bomber. Image source, Boston Globe via Getty Images. August 13, - Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov plead not guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede authorities. August 19, - The testimony of the trauma surgeon who treated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is unsealed, revealing the extent of his wounds, including multiple gun shot wounds that pierced the base of his skull, mouth and vertebrae.
Unsealed documents also reveal that Tsarnaev was not read his Miranda rights until three days after he was detained. September 13, - Phillipos pleads not guilty to making false statements to federal officials, and Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov reenter their not guilty pleas. Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws appear before a federal grand jury in Boston. Details of the four-hour session are not immediately released.
October 21, - In a court document, prosecutors confirm that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was accused of participating in a triple homicide outside Boston. January 30, - A notice is filed with a federal court after US Attorney General Eric Holder says that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. May 30, - Authorities arrest a friend of the Tsarnaev brothers, Khairullozhon Matanov and charge him with one count of destroying, altering, and falsifying records, documents and tangible objects in a federal investigation, specifically information on his computer.
He is also charged with three counts of making materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements in a federal terrorism investigation. He later pleads guilty to misleading investigators. August 21, - Kadyrbayev pleads guilty to obstructing justice. As part of the plea agreement, a sentence of seven years will be recommended by the US attorney, and Kadyrbayev, a Kazakh national, has agreed to be deported after serving his sentence. October 28, - Phillipos, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is convicted on two counts of lying to federal agents.
January 5, - Tsarnaev's trial begins. March 3, - Jury selection is completed. March 4, - Opening statements begin in Tsarnaev's case. Testimony lasts 15 days. Over the course of the trial, prosecutors call 92 witnesses; the defense calls four.
April 8, - After deliberating 11 and a half hours, the jury returns a guilty verdict on all 30 charges. May 15, - Tsarnaev is sentenced to death. June 2, - Kadyrbayev, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who pleaded guilty in August , is sentenced to 72 months in prison for obstructing justice.
June 5, - Tazhayakov is sentenced to three and a half years in prison for conspiring to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede the investigation. Phillipos is sentenced to three years in prison for making false statements to law enforcement in a terrorism investigation. June 24, - Tsarnaev is formally sentenced to death. Addressing the court, he apologizes and admits he is guilty.
December 22, - Stephen Silva, the man who loaned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the gun that was later used to kill an MIT officer, is sentenced to time served and three years supervised probation. May 19, - Tazhayakov is released from federal prison. February 26, - Phillipos is released from a residential re-entry program, bringing an end to his federal prison term.
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