--- description: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30 criminal counts, 17 of which could bring the death penalty title: Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Goes to Jury image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebb1162847853012/698786e90b72e33d296de857/ap83640731087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Goes to Jury by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2015 8:16 PM CUT  In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty is depicted pointing to defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (R) during closing arguments in Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial in Boston on April 6, 2015. In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty is depicted pointing to defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (R) during closing arguments in Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial in Boston on April 6, 2015.Jane Flavell Collins—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2015 8:16 PM CUT After weeks of graphic testimony on one of the worst terror attacks on American soil, the case against alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will go to a jury Tuesday for a decision that is widely expected to result in a conviction and trigger a second phase to determine whether he should be executed. The jury will begin deliberations Tuesday morning after hearing closing arguments Monday from lawyers on both sides: prosecutors who brought an overwhelming amount of evidence against Tsarnaev and defense lawyers who don’t dispute most of it but argue he was manipulated by his older brother. Monday’s… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/boston-bombing-trial/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-reaches-closing-stages-n336201?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3773044/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-finale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3773044/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-finale/"},"headline":"Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Goes to Jury","datePublished":"2015-04-06T20:16:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:44:26.798Z","description":"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30 criminal counts, 17 of which could bring the death penalty","url":"https://time.com/3773044/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-finale/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebb1162847853012/698786e90b72e33d296de857/ap83640731087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebb1162847853012/698786e90b72e33d296de857/ap83640731087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty is depicted pointing to defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (R) during closing arguments in Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial in Boston on April 6, 2015.","caption":"In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty is depicted pointing to defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (R) during closing arguments in Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial in Boston on April 6, 2015.","creditText":"Jane Flavell Collins—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3773044/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-finale/","name":"Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Goes to Jury"}}]}] ```