Marathon bomber Tsarnaev guilty on all charges, faces death

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty Wednesday in the trial of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Seventeen of the 30 charges the 21-year-old Tsarnaev faced are punishable by death, and he was found guilty on all of them, and all 30 in total, including conspiracy and the use of a weapon of mass destruction. The same jury will now decide whether he'll be executed or serve life in prison. 

The jury took 11 hours over two days to come to its verdict. Tsarnaev had his head down with his hands folded in front of him while the verdict was read. 

The New York Times has more:

The bombings almost two years ago transformed one of the world’s most prestigious road races on a glorious spring afternoon into a scene of carnage with bodies strewn across Boylston Street, giving the nation a horrifying glimpse into the consequences of homegrown, self-taught terrorism. The bombs, planted in retaliation for American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, killed three spectators, blew the limbs off 17 others and wounded 240 more, leaving many with life-altering injuries.

The verdict doesn't come as a surprise, as Tsarnaev's lawyers admitted the then 19-year-old took part in the bombing, but argued that his brother, Tamerlan, 26, was the mastermind behind the attacks. 

Tamerlan was killed in the days after the attack, as the brothers were on the run from authorities. He was shot by police and then run over by his brother, who continued to flee.