Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was formally sentenced to death today by a judge, following a decision by a federal jury in May to have him executed. There was a bit of excitement beforehand, as authorities detained a man with a meat cleaver outside the courthouse.
#Breaking: Man pulled up outside court where #Tsarnaev is, pulled a butcher knife out of his license plate @MetroBOS pic.twitter.com/UPxCnxe7bd
— Morgan Rousseau (@MetroMorgan) June 24, 2015
Man With Meat Cleaver In Car Detained Outside #Tsarnaev Sentencing @BreakingNews http://t.co/jCl92owkPe pic.twitter.com/quRjnaOGGF
— WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) June 24, 2015
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Cleaver-wielding man arrested outside #Boston federal court http://t.co/qxqxk2wGLN @MetroBOS pic.twitter.com/YLXoTefnE2
— Morgan Rousseau (@MetroMorgan) June 24, 2015
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@cbsboston @BreakingNews It is ASTOUNDING with the level of security around these facilities that this could slip by.
— Lou Lange (@docqualizer) June 24, 2015
Aside from meat cleaver man, a handful of Tsarnaev’s victims were on hand to hear the judge formally hand down Tsarnaev’s death sentence, some of whom said they had suffered hearing loss, amputations and PTSD as a result of the bombing.
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#Boston Marathon bombing survivor Rebekah Gregory walks into federal court for Tsarnaev's formal death sentencing pic.twitter.com/ELxq67Xkph
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Borgard: "I was genuinely afraid that I was going to die." So I called my mom to make sure she knew that I loved her.#Tsarnaev
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) June 24, 2015
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Henry Borgard says he was happy Tsarnaev made a statement at the hearing: "I have forgiven him" #7News pic.twitter.com/bv5M7wRzoD
— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) June 24, 2015
U.S. Attorney Carmen Oritz was unmoved by Tsarnaev’s apology, noting that nowhere in his remarks did he renounce violent extremism.
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Carmen Oritz: "There was nothing about this crime that was religious" http://t.co/rmZXqGgXBt #7News pic.twitter.com/Y8CMwczMuk
— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) June 24, 2015
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