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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Survivor Rebekah Gregory arrives before the formal sentencing of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts June 24, 2015.

Boston Marathon bomber apologizes at sentencing hearing

Justice

Victims told Dzhokhar Tsarnaev what they thought of him at today’s sentencing hearing. He finally spoke too, offering words of remorse and apology.

Suspected shooter Dylann Roof sits in a police vehicle in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, So

Should we call Dylann Roof a terrorist?

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev penalty phase verdict

What the Tsarnaev death penalty form looks like

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President Barack Obama talks to Cardinal Sean O'Malley during an interfaith memorial service for Boston Marathon bombing victims at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 18, 2013.

Does God want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to get the death penalty?

Belief
The Boston Marathon bombing trial jury on Thursday saw the remains of a pressure-cooker bomb that prosecutors say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hurled at police during a gunfight four days after the bombing as well as jihadist files recovered from his laptop.

US prosecutors portray Boston Marathon bombing suspect as a radical extremist

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A blood-stained message prosecutors say Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote on the inside of a boat. The undated photo was presented as evidence to jurors at Tsarnaev's trial in Boston.

The man who escaped the Tsarnaev brothers takes the stand in Boston

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Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial heard testimony on Friday from Dun Meng, who made a dramatic escape after his car was hijacked by bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile leaves the federal courthouse in Boston on the first day of the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on March 4, 2015.

Everyone says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bombed the Boston Marathon — even his own lawyers

Justice

The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev opened with the accused bomber’s lawyers admitting that he carried out the crime. Emotions ran high as tapes and memories of the bombing were aired in court.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is shown in a courtroom sketch on the first day of jury selection at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 5, 2015.

Massachusetts isn’t OK with the death penalty, but Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s jurors had to be

Justice

The state of Massachusetts doesn’t allow the death penalty, and most of the state’s residents are against it. But for the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the jurors who decided his fate in a federal trial had to allow for that possibility.

Was alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev mentally ill?

Conflict & Justice

A new investigation by the Boston Globe digs into Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston Marathon bomber, and their deeply dysfunctional family.

Expansive definition for ‘weapon of mass destruction’ gives prosecutors the power

Global Politics

A potato gun is a WMD. At least, the strict, plain-English definition of a weapon of mass destruction would include the old-fashioned potato gun. Through changes over the years, the definition of a WMD has been broadened — and now prosecutors have all the power when it comes to charging people.