WMUR'S AMY COVENO IS HERE, WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT?
REPORTER: 18 JURORS SAT THROUGH
16 DAYS OF TESTIMONY AND CLOSING
ARGUMENTS AND JURY INSTRUCTIONS.
THEN SIX AT THAT POINT WERE
SELECTED AT RANDOM AS
ALTERNATES, THEY DID NOT
DELIBERATE.
THE JURY RETURNED THE FULL SLATE
OF GUILTY VERDICTS, BUT THEY
WILL NOW HEAR MORE EVIDENCE IN
THE PENALTY PHASE OF THIS
PROCEEDING.
THIS AFTERNOON A JURY CONVICTED
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV ON 30 CHARGES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2013
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING.
FINDING THE 21-YEAR-OLD FORMER
COLLEGE STUDENT GUILTY OF
MURDER, CONSPIRACY, AND USE OF A
WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
THE IMPACT ON MASSACHUSETTS IN
THIS FEDERAL CASE WILL BE A
FACTOR IN THE PENALTY PHASE.
A PROVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
AGGRAVATING FACTORS, THEY LOOK
AT THE TYPES OF VICTIMS INVOLVED
IN THIS CASE, THE EFFECT OF THE
DEATHS, YOU KNOW, OF THE LITTLE
BOY ON THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
THERE'S A WIDE RANGE.
THE AMOUNT OF PLANNING, THE
AMOUNT OF WHAT THEY CALL EVIL
INTENT THAT WENT INTO THE CRIME.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGGRAVATING
FACTORS ARE THINGS THEY'RE GOING
TO PROVE.
REPORTER: TSARNAEV STARED AT THE
TABLE THE FRONT OF HIM.
TWO YEARS AGO THIS APRIL HE AND
HIS BROTHER UNLEASHED A BRIEF
BUT TERRIFYING ATTACK NARY THE
FINISH BEHIND AT THE ICONIC
BOSTON MARATHON.
SETTING OFF A PAIR OF HOME MADE
PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS.
THE BLAST, KILLING THREE, AND
WOUNDING 262.
AS AUTHORITIES CLOSED IN, THE
BROTHERS ALSO SHOT AND KILLED
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICE OFFICER SEAN
COLLIER.
THE EFFECT ON THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY, ON SOCIETY AS A
WHOLE, BY THE CONDUCT IS
SOMETHING THEY LOOK AT, THAT'S
ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY WERE
TRYING TO GET THE CASE REMOVED
FROM BOSTON BECAUSE IT HAPPENS
TO BE AN AGGRAVATING FACTOR.
REPORTER: NOW COMES THE PENALTY
PHASE OF THE TRIAL, ITS OH
OUTCOME FOR UNCERTAIN.
THE JURY MUST DECIDE WHETHER
HE'LL FACE THE DEATH PENALTY OR
LIFE IN PRISON.
I THINK THE JUDGE WILL WANT
TO MOVE THIS ALONG QUICKER AND
THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
PROCEED WITH CALL PROBABLY
ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE DOZEN
WITNESSES.
REPORTER: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS ONLY EXECUTED THREE CONVICTS
SINCE THE EARLY 1960'S, MOST
RECENTLY DOMESTIC TERRORIST
TIMOTHY McVEIGH WHO CARRIED
OUT THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING.
McVEIGH ASKED TO DIE, HE WAS
EXECUTED FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS
CONVICTION.
IN THE STUDIO THIS EVENING, AMY
COVENO, WMUR NEWS 9.
JENNIFER: AS THE VERDICTS CAME
IN, FLOWERS WERE LEFT AT THE
MARATHON FINISH LINE, THE SCENE
OF SO MUCH DEVASTATION.
ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.
AGAIN, MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE
INJURED IN THOSE TWO BOMBINGS,
AND SOME OF THE SURVIVORS
GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE TO OFFER THEIR OWN
REACTION TO THE VERDICT.
SHELLEY WALCOTT IS HERE WITH
WHAT SURVIVORS ARE SAYING.
REPORTER: TODAY KAREN BRESSSARD
SPOKE OUT AFTER THE VERDICTS AND
SHE SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF
MIXED EMOTIONS TODAY.
BOMBING SURVIVOR KAREN BRESSARD
CEASE SHE'S RELIEVED BY THE
VERDICT.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR
THE OUTCOME TODAY.
NOT A HAPPY OCCASION, BUT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT KE WE CAN PUT ONE
MORE STEP BEHIND US.
REPORTER: SHE NOW LIVES IN
NASHUA.
HER FAMILY WAS JUST 10 FEET AWAY
FROM THE FIRST BOMB.
SHE, HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER
WERE INJURED IN THE BLAST.
AFTER THANKING THE PROSECUTION,
SHE DESCRIBED TSARNAEV'S
DEMEANOR IN THE COURTROOM.
HE SAYS HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO SHOW
ANY REMORSE.
PERSONALLY I WOULDN'T HAVE
BOUGHT IT.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE
FRUSTRATED IF HE HAD SHOWN IT,
BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE
THING HE'S BEEN, TO USE MY WORD,
ARROGANT.
REPORTER: OTHER BOMBING
SURVIVORS RELEASED STATEMENTS
TODAY.
JEFF BAUMAN WHO LOST BOTH HIS
LEGS SAID TODAY'S VERDICT WILL
NEVER BRING BACK THE LIVES THAT
WERE LOST, BUT IT IS ONE STEP
CLOSER TO CLOSURE.
NOW AS THE TRIAL MOVES INTO THE
PENALTY PHASE, SHE SAID
SURVIVORS PREFERRED NOT TO
DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV RECEIVING THE
DEATH PENALTY.
AND WHEN ASKED WHETHER SHE FELT
LIKE JUSTICE WAS SERVED TODAY,
BRESSARK SAID THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUSTICE IS.
I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM OFF THE
STREET.
I'M GRATEFUL TO SHOW EVERYONE,
THE WORLD, THAT IT'S NOT
TOLERATED, THIS IS NOT HOW WE
BEHAVE.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT
EVERYBODY HAS WORKED SO HARD TO
MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE'RE NOT
GOING TO ALLOW THIS.
REPORTER: SHE ALSO TOLD
REPORTERS THAT NO MATTER WHAT
THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE TRIAL
IS, SURVIVORS WILL NEVER FULLY
RECOVER FROM WHAT THEY ENDURED
AS A RESULT OF THE BOMBING.