After a long wait the man who put an entire city on lock down finally gets a trial.

At 2:49pm on April 15, 2013 our country was shaken by two bombs exploding in Boston, Massachusetts during the Boston Marathon which is the oldest continuously running marathon. This event brings together an average of 30,000 runners and an average of 50,000 spectators each year.

In 2013 two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line which killed 3 people and injured 264. soon after the city shut down in a massive manhunt for those who placed them. The hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had begun, at around 7:00 pm two days later he was found hiding in a residents boat, captured, and taken to the hospital to treat his wounds.

Now after waiting nearly 19 months Tsarnaev is getting his time in court. On Monday, January 11th he started phase
Tsarnaev faces 30 federal charges in this case and has already plead guilty to all including using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. These included the pressure cooker bombs Tsarnaev and his brother (shot and killed during the manhunt) also are accused of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer by shooting him in the head at close range.one of the two-part trial.

Although Massachusetts abolished the death penalty nearly three decades ago this case is being viewed as a capital case and Federal prosecutors can seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev because of the nature of the crimes.

In a statement from the prosecutors they say Tsarnaev lacks remorse and that he acted in “an especially heinous, cruel and depraved manner”

Even though some might think that the death penalty would be appropriate for this case it has to be reviewed.