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What are the charges against Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?

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Samuel Coleman

Published Jan 03, 2026

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev turned into located guilty on all 30 costs for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, with 17 expenses carrying the possibility of the dying penalty.
Tsarnaev was in the end sentenced to dying for six costs, which includes conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction ensuing in loss of life.
The bombings, which killed 3 human beings and injured over 260, were a devastating act of terrorism that shook the city of Boston and the nation as an entire.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev changed into discovered guilty on all 30 charges towards him in the trial for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
Seventeen of the fees deliver the opportunity of the demise penalty, and Tsarnaev become ultimately sentenced to death for 6 of those fees. The full listing of expenses and verdicts in opposition to Tsarnaev are as follows:

COUNT 1: Conspiracy to apply a weapon of mass destruction, ensuing in death (responsible, loss of life penalty price)

COUNT 2: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in dying; and assisting and abetting (guilty, death penalty fee)
COUNT 3: Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and on the subject of against the law of violence, resulting in loss of life; and assisting and abetting (responsible, loss of life penalty rate)
COUNT 4: Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in demise; and assisting and abetting (responsible, sentenced to dying)
COUNT 5: Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) at some point of and when it comes to a crime of violence, resulting in demise; and helping and abetting (responsible, sentenced to death)
COUNT 6: Conspiracy to bomb an area of public use, ensuing in death (responsible, dying penalty charge)
COUNT 7: Bombing of an area of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; helping and abetting (guilty, dying penalty charge)
COUNT 8: Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) for the duration of and on the subject of a criminal offense of violence, ensuing in dying; aiding and abetting (responsible, death penalty charge)

In 2020 a federal appeals court reviewed Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case and overturned his death sentence.

However, in 2021 the Supreme Court of Massachusetts reversed that ruling reinstating his death sentence.

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— Rob (@_ROB_29) April 11, 2023

COUNT nine: Bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in dying; aiding and abetting (responsible, sentenced to loss of life)
COUNT 10: Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) all through and in terms of against the law of violence, resulting in dying; assisting and abetting (responsible, sentenced to dying)
COUNT 11: Conspiracy to maliciously destroy assets, ensuing in death (guilty)
COUNT 12: Malicious destruction of property by way of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; aiding and abetting (guilty, demise penalty fee)
COUNT thirteen: Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and when it comes to a crime of violence, resulting in loss of life; aiding and abetting (guilty, loss of life penalty rate)
COUNT 14: Malicious destruction of assets via an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; helping and abetting (guilty, sentenced to death)
COUNT 15: Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) in the course of and on the subject of a crime of violence, ensuing in death; assisting and abetting (responsible, sentenced to death)
COUNT sixteen: Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) in the course of and in relation to against the law of