Death Penalty: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced they will seek the death penalty against 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing, raising the stakes in what could be one of the most wrenching trials the city has ever seen, according to The Chronicle Herald. The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision, Holder said in a statement that consisted of just two sentences and Attorney General Eric Holders decision to press for Tsarnaevs execution was widely expected. The twin blasts killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, and 17 of the 30 federal charges against him including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill carry the possibility of the death penalty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.