A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death today for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother.

The jury that convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has begun deliberating whether he should be sentenced to life in prison or execution by lethal injection.

Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have rested their case to a jury that will decide whether he should be put to death for the Boston Marathon bombing.

A former brother-in-law of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has given evidence from Kazakhstan about the role of a conservative Muslim convert who steered Tsarnaev's older brother towards a stricter version of Islam.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was so kind, he cried watching The Lion King, a cousin has said.

A lawyer for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has accused Tsarnaev’s late older brother of masterminding the 2013 bombing plot and providing the fuel to drive the plan.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been convicted of the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial concluded its first day of deliberations yesterday without reaching a verdict on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is guilty of the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264 others.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a cold-blooded decision to punish America for its wars in Muslim countries as he planted a backpack containing a bomb near a group of children, the jury at his death penalty trial has been told.

As he planted a backpack containing a bomb just feet from a group of children, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a cold-hearted decision aimed at spreading terror, a federal prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments at Tsarnaev’s death penalty trial.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev targeted men, women and children at the race because he wanted to terrorise the United States on a day when the eyes of the world would be on Boston, a federal prosecutor has told jurors in closing arguments.

Prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have one last chance to make their case to the jury.

Comedian Bill Maher has received a pretty strong backlash from One Direction fans after comparing Zayn Malik to one of the terrorists involved with the Boston marathon bombing.

Prosecutors today rested their case against Boston Marathon bombing accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have visited the bullet-riddled boat in which he was captured days after the deadly blast.

Prosecutors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial quickly conveyed the sense of fear, pain and grief caused by the 2013 attack – by letting the victims do it for them.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went on trial for his life in the Boston Marathon bombing with his own lawyer bluntly telling the jury he committed the crime. But she argued he had fallen under the influence of his older brother.

After two months of jury selection, a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates has been chosen for the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

If Tamerlan Tsarnaev was already plotting the Boston Marathon bombings when he stayed in this bustling city at the heart of Islamist insurgency last year, neighbours say he hid it well.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar, 19, broke their cover hours after authorities released photographs of the suspects.

Undaunted by the Boston bombings, big crowds lined the route of the London marathon yesterday to cheer on around 36,000 runners, many of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded in last week’s tragedy.

Boston-area residents came together in prayer and reflection yesterday after a tumultuous week as the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay hospitalised under heavy guard apparently in no shape for interrogation.

The young Irishman living next door to the house where Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a boat has said “he could have killed my family”.

IN Louisville, Kentucky last Friday morning, four Pakistani-American doctors dressed in business suits and medical scrubs sat in one of this city’s most popular breakfast spots and fretted.