Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers who carried out an Islamic terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon April 15, 2013, has been found guilty of multiple charges.
The conviction included charges that can bring the death penalty such as conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction.
The conviction was not unexpected as his lawyers admitted he participated in the attack. The defense had stated their goal was to put doubt in the minds of the jury regarding his motivations in an attempt to spare him the death penalty. The defense painted Dzhokhar as being brainwashed by his older brother Tamerlan into radical Islam.
“If not for Tamerlan, [the bombing] would not have happened,” Clarke told the jury during closing arguments.
The trial now moves to the punishment phase with the same jurors from the initial phase of the trial.
Prosecutors will be focusing on the fact that extremist Jihadi websites were found on both brother’s computers. They also showed the writings of Dzhokhar on the boat where he was captured that read “stop killing our innocent people and we will stop.”
Defense attorney Judy Clarke has worked with other high-profile clients to have them spared the death penalty. She worked to keep the Unabomber and Susan Smith, who drowned her children, from being sent to death row.
