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Boston blasts: Suspect charged, could face death penalty
Updated On: 23 April, 2013 09:02 AM IST | | Agencies
Lying in hospital, a badly injured surviving suspect of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured over 180 was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and faces the death penalty if convicted.
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Initial proceedings against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who was captured Friday night after a massive manhunt were conducted Monday at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre by a federal magistrate judge with two assistant US attorneys, including Indian American Aloke Chakravarty appearing for the prosecution.
Chakravarty and William Weinreb from the antiterrorism and national security unit of the US Attorney's office in Boston, will prosecute Tsarnaev, who remains under armed guard in serious condition, the Justice Department announced Monday.
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