Jury Selection Begins for Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

Jury selection for the trial of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is underway. Jurors are being selected from about 1,200 people at the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts. Twelve jurors and six alternates will be selected. Tsarnaev sat at a table in the jury assembly room with his lawyers. He faces the death penalty if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty. The 21-year-old Tsarnaev is facing 30 charges, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass...

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