• Guilty verdict in Boston bombing trial may bolster chance of death sentence

    Guilty verdict in Boston bombing trial may bolster chance of death sentence

    Apr 09, 2015 12:02 AM EDT

    ... GWEN IFILL: After a day-and-a-half of deliberations, a federal jury convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on all 30 counts he was facing for the Boston Marathon bombing. A jury of seven women and five men convicted him on multiple charges that could be punishable by death, including deadly ...

  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty on all 30 charges for role in Boston bombing

    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty on all 30 charges for role in Boston bombing

    Apr 08, 2015 05:32 PM EDT

    Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 charges against him for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing, a jury has found. The jury reached its verdict Wednesday after more than 12 hours of deliberations spread over two days. Tsarnaev, 21, was charged with 30 counts ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack

    News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack

    Apr 07, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

    ... GWEN IFILL: Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial spent their first day deliberating today without reaching a verdict. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded 264. He's also charged with killing a policeman. The defense admits his guilt, and has ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode April 6, 2015

    PBS NewsHour full episode April 6, 2015

    Apr 07, 2015 12:04 AM EDT

    Monday on the NewsHour, a new report assesses Rolling Stone’s fundamental failures in reporting on an alleged campus gang rape. Also: President Obama defends the framework for an Iran nuclear deal, Boston Marathon bombing trial closing arguments, countering Islamic State recruitment with cartoons, the week ahead in politics and ...

  • Boston bombing jury to begin deliberations after emotional trial

    Boston bombing jury to begin deliberations after emotional trial

    Apr 06, 2015 10:53 PM EDT

    ... same thing today they have done throughout the trial. The defense conceded early on that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did it, that he was involved in the Boston Marathon bombing. So, the whole trial has been about arguing over whether he was essentially an equal conspirator or kind of a junior partner ...

  • Report calls for improvements at FBI to combat terror

    Report calls for improvements at FBI to combat terror

    Mar 25, 2015 03:10 PM EDT

    ... 11 terror attacks. The report examined five terror plots and attacks in the last few years, including the 2009 Fort Hood shooting and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. It also took a fresh look at the Sept. 11 terror attacks, but found no new evidence to change its conclusions about ...

  • Tsarnaev wrote about Boston Marathon killings while hidden in boat

    Tsarnaev wrote about Boston Marathon killings while hidden in boat

    Mar 14, 2015 12:00 AM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: This was an eventful week in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with the Boston Marathon bombings of 2013. He's facing 30 federal charges, 17 of which carry the death penalty. Hari Sreenivasan in our New York studios has an update. HARI SREENIVASAN: The ...

  • Boston bombing suspect's defense depends on why he did it, not if

    Boston bombing suspect's defense depends on why he did it, not if

    Mar 05, 2015 12:12 AM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: After weeks of delays, the trial of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got under way today in Boston. Here's Hari Sreenivasan with more. HARI SREENIVASAN: The trial's start was delayed in part by a long jury selection process; 18 jurors and alternates were ...

  • Whittling 7,000 potential jurors down to 24 for Aurora mass shooting trial

    Whittling 7,000 potential jurors down to 24 for Aurora mass shooting trial

    Jan 21, 2015 01:05 AM EDT

    ... that, but 58 people suffering from serious injuries, and it's simply rare that the shooter survives. Many people are comparing this case to the Boston Marathon bombing case, because, again, crimes that affected a huge community and in which the perpetrator survived, because, as we know, in most shootings ...

  • Homegrown terrorism like Paris attacks worries analysts

    Homegrown terrorism like Paris attacks worries analysts

    Jan 15, 2015 02:40 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — U.S. and French intelligence officials are leaning toward an assessment that the Paris terror attacks were inspired by al-Qaida but not directly supervised by the group, a view that would put the violence in a category of homegrown incidents that are extremely difficult to detect and thwart.