Top Federal prosecutor, Eric Holder, is seeking the death penalty against 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

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Holder’s decision to press for Tsarnaev’s execution was widely expected. The twin blasts killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, and 17 of the 30 federal charges against him – including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill – carry the possibility of the death penalty.

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