Marathon bombing trial to start today with jury selection
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/04/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trial-for-boston-marathon-bombing-begins-today/4KkNkVoyJJm6PyuSl0YcUP/story.htmlNearly two years after the Boston Marathon tragedy, the trial of one of the accused bombers is set to open — the final chapter of a saga that will forever be ingrained in the city’s history.
Starting Monday, the judge, prosecutors, and defense lawyers will start whittling down a list of more than 1,200 names, aiming to find 12 jurors and six alternates capable of deciding whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, is guilty, and if so, whether he should be put to death.
The trial, which is attracting international attention, is expected to move especially slowly and with more than the usual care because a life is at stake; testimony probably will not begin until February, and a verdict may take until late spring or early summer.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial has started with jury selection. It could start in February or as early as late January. It could last up to summer. This should be an interesting trial.
Tsarnaev faces numerous charges.
Tsarnaev faces 30 charges — 17 of which carry the possibility of the death penalty — in the bombings at the Marathon finish line the afternoon of April 15, 2013, that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan also allegedly shot and killed an MIT police officer in Cambridge days after the bombings, a crime for which Tsarnaev is also charged.
If found guilty, he will probably end up in the ADX Florence Supermax.