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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets the Death Penalty

He is expected to appeal the decision

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Sadie Gennis

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death for his part in orchestrating the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, The New York Timesreports.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty

The bombings killed four, maimed 17 and injured hundred. Last month, a jury of seven women and five men found Tsarnaev, 21, guilty on all 30 charges against him, including the murder of the three bombing fatalities and police officer Sean Collier.

Seventeen of those 30 charges carried the death penalty, and on Friday, the same jury ruled for Tsarnaev to be executed after a 14-hour deliberation. This is the first time a federal jury had sentenced a terrorist to death since 9/11, according to the Times.

Tsarnev is expected to appeal the decision.