Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death

Friday, May 15, 2015

BOSTON (AP) -- A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother.

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