By — News Desk News Desk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ive-blog-boston-bombing-trial Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LIVE BLOG: Follow the Boston bombing trial Nation Mar 9, 2015 2:18 PM EST Nearly two years since the attack on the Boston Marathon, the trial for suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got underway Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Boston. Federal prosecutor William Weinreb says that both Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan who dies in a gun battle days after the bombing, were terrorists whose mission was to maim and kill. Tsarnaev faces 30 charges including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. According to Boston’s WBUR, 17 of these charges carry the possibility of the death penalty. Follow the trial with a live blog from the Boston Globe: By — News Desk News Desk
Nearly two years since the attack on the Boston Marathon, the trial for suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got underway Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Boston. Federal prosecutor William Weinreb says that both Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan who dies in a gun battle days after the bombing, were terrorists whose mission was to maim and kill. Tsarnaev faces 30 charges including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. According to Boston’s WBUR, 17 of these charges carry the possibility of the death penalty. Follow the trial with a live blog from the Boston Globe: