THE TIMES US & Americas * News * Opinion * Business * Money * Sport * Life * Arts * Puzzles * Papers * Irish news * List View * Site Map * RSS Feeds * Welcome to your preview of The Times Subscribe now US searches its soul over death penalty for the Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial coincided with reports of botched executions and the exhoneration of two people sentenced to death Reuters * * Print Share via * Facebook * Twitter * Google+ * Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 1 of 1 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial coincided with reports of botched executions and the exhoneration of two people sentenced to death Reuters Will Pavia New York Last updated at 12:01AM, April 27 2015 Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings have described their wounds and relatives of the four people who died have given testimony that reduced jurors to tears. The defendant’s guilt is acknowledged even by his lawyers. Yet the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, has spurred fresh debate over the death penalty in America. As his legal team prepares to argue today that he should not be executed for the crimes for which he was convicted this month, abolitionists say that the reaction to the case is proof that support for capital punishment is waning. “Support for the death penalty is a [TT_Sale_Teaser_1020376a.jpg] [TT_Winter_Sale_15__1018362a.jpg] Subscribe now Login Already a subscriber? To see the full article you need to subscribe Subscribe Login Boston Marathon bombing Runners continue to run towards the finish line of the Boston Marathon as an explosion erupts 1. 16 avril 2013 2. 25 juin 2015 Read the full story First ‘sorry’ from Boston bomber sent to die Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologised to his victims in a brief statement made moments before a federal judge sentenced... Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of the Boston Marathon bombings, has been sentenced to death US searches its soul over death penalty for the Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, the Boston Marathon bomber, has spurred fresh debate over the death penalty... Unrepentant Boston bomber faces victim’s family The brother and stepfather of the policeman shot dead by the Boston bombers gave a harrowing testimony as Dzhokhar... Spare the bomber, plead parents of dead Boston child The parents of the child killed in the marathon bombings said they wanted the Department of Justice to take the... Mother praises Boston bomber son The mother of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , who faces the death penalty, as called her son ‘the best of the best’... 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