The 30 counts against Boston
Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
On May 15, 2015, a federal jury sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. On April 8, 2015, the same jury found Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 federal counts against him. Here are the charges:
- Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death.
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death; aiding and abetting (two counts).
- Possession and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence resulting in death; aiding and abetting (nine counts).
- Conspiracy to bomb a place of public use resulting in death.
- Bombing of a place of public use resulting in death; aiding and abetting (two counts).
- Conspiracy to maliciously destroy property resulting in personal injury and death.
- Malicious destruction of property resulting in personal injury and death; aiding and abetting (two counts).
- Carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury; aiding and abetting.
- Possession and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting (six counts).
- Interference with commerce by threats and violence; aiding and abetting.
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction; aiding and abetting (four counts).