Tuesday, March 3 2015 6:36 PM EST2015-03-03 23:36:17 GMT
A jury was finally seated Tuesday in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, after a selection process that took nearly two months. Learn more about the jurors who were selected.
A jury was finally seated Tuesday in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, after a selection process that took nearly two months. Learn more about the jurors who were selected.
BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com/AP) - A jury was seated in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Tuesday afternoon.
A panel of 12 jurors and six alternates - 10 women and eight men - was selected Tuesday at around 12:30 p.m. after prosecutors and Tsarnaev's lawyers were allowed to eliminate jurors for strategic reasons.
Judge George O'Toole Jr. provisionally qualified roughly 70 people. people. Each side was be given 23 peremptory strikes to excuse jurors without giving a reason.
Opening statements are expected Wednesday.
The 21-year-old Tsarnaev is accused of conspiring with his older brother, Tamerlan, to plant two pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon's finish line on April 15, 2013. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gun battle with police days later.
