Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Marathon Bombing Suspect, Charged In Federal Court With Conspiring To Use A Weapon Of Mass Destruction -- Boston.com
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property in the United States resulting in death, the US attorney’s office in Boston said this afternoon.
Tsarnaev’s initial court appearance was conducted today by a federal magistrate judge in his hospital room, said Gary H. Wente, circuit executive for the federal courts in the First Circuit.
Tsarnaev also faces a charge of malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device resulting in death, prosecutors said.
The charges carry the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison for the 19-year-old man, who is in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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