DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are set to resume deliberations for a second day in the first phase of his federal death penalty trial.
The jury of seven women and five men began deliberations yesterday on 30 federal charges against Tsarnaev. Jurors will return to U.S. District Court today.
During the trial, Tsarnaev’s lawyer admitted he participated in the deadly 2013 attack, but said his now-dead brother, Tamerlan, was the mastermind.
If Tsaranev is convicted, the same jury will hear more evidence in a second phase of the trial to decide whether he is sentenced to death or life in prison.
Seventeen of the charges against Tsarnaev carry the possibility of the death penalty.
Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when twin pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the marathon’s finish line on April 15, 2013.
Prosecutors told the jury that Tsarnaev, then 19, and his brother, 26, detonated the bombs to punish the U.S. for its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tsarnaev’s lawyers portrayed him as an aimless teenager who fell under the influence of his radicalized older brother.
Just before dismissing the jury yesterday, Judge George O’Toole Jr. said he had received two notes from the panel containing questions. He did not reveal the questions, but told the jury he would answer them today when deliberations resumed.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Maura Healey says Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail.
Even though Massachusetts doesn’t have capital punishment, Tsarnaev faces a possible federal death penalty.
Healey, the state’s top law enforcement officers, said she is opposed to capital punishment, but believes it was appropriate to charge Tsarnaev with federal crimes, including use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death.
Healey said for the sake of the victims of the bombing, she hopes the process can be as expeditious and fair as possible and that Tsarnaev will head to jail for the rest of his life.
Here are the charges against Tsarnaev:
— Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death.
— Use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death; aiding and abetting.
— Possession and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence resulting in death; aiding and abetting.
— Conspiracy to bomb a place of public use resulting in death.
— Bombing of a place of public use resulting in death; aiding and abetting.
— Conspiracy to maliciously destroy property resulting in personal injury and death.
— Malicious destruction of property resulting in personal injury and death; aiding and abetting.
— Carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury; aiding and abetting.
— Possession and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting.
— Interference with commerce by threats and violence; aiding and abetting.
— Use of a weapon of mass destruction; aiding and abetting.
Here’s a look at the 12 jurors deliberating in his federal death penalty trial :
—Juror No. 35: male, works for the Massachusetts Department of Energy.
—Juror No. 41: female, works as an executive assistant for EMC Corp. in Hopkinton.
—Juror No. 83: male, student, psychology major who has put his education on hold due to financial reasons.
—Juror No. 102: female, former registered nurse, now works as a cake artist.
—Juror No. 138: male, works for Peabody Water Department.
—Juror No. 229: female, former social worker, now works as an event planner, volunteer for domestic violence hotline.
—Juror No. 286: female, works as a restaurant manager.
—Juror No. 349: female, works in clothing product development.
—Juror No. 395: female, executive assistant at a law firm.
—Juror No. 441: male, unemployed auditor.
—Juror No. 480: male, telecommunications engineer for Partners Healthcare.
—Juror No. 87, female, single mother of four children, works for local school system.
