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On Friday, May 15, the jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced him to death. He will receive an automatic appeal that’ll initially go to the First Circuit and the entire process could take years.

The trial for Tsarnaev, convicted of killing four and injuring 264, began earlier this year. After innumerable pieces of evidence, more than 100 witnesses and nearly 15 hours of deliberations, the jury determined their verdict.

Tsarnaev was charged with 30 federal counts, 17 of which were punishable by death, and the jury had to reach a unanimous decision for just one in order for him to receive capital punishment.

He was found guilty of all 30 and has also been separately indicted for the murder of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier by the Middlesex County District Attorney, which took place on April 18, 2013 just days after the bombing.

Tsarnaev’s defense team contended that he was manipulated and influenced by his older brother to take part in the bombing and aftermath, while the prosecution maintained Tsarnaev acted on his own accord.

Interestingly, the family of 8-year old victim Martin Richard stated that they wanted Tsarnaev to receive life in prison. Multiple polls, too, gauging the general pulse of Greater Boston residents, similarly determined that public opinion was leaning towards a life sentence as well – the idea being that the mandatory appeals process will take years thereby providing the case continued attention.

Below you’ll find the 24-page verdict form jurors used to reach their sentence.

Jury Form by NickDeLuca

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