in relation to a crime of violence, being the weapon of mass destruction. and count four weapon of mass destruction, pressure cooker two. again there were two different pressure cookers set off on thatdy. we understand there is no reaction in the courtroom. he has remained stoic during the process. and again if you are joining us he has been found guilty on counts one two, three and four. and this is very significant. this tells us the jury is positioning direct guilt on dzokhar tsarnaev for use of wmd s at the marathon bombing to kill americans. stand by. we re learning again if you are just joining us that tsarnaev has been found guilty on the first four counts 30 charged against him, with this jury having 11 1/2 hours behind closed doors to trying to comb through and figure out his guilt
john kelly is also with us former former prosecutor. to many this would seem to be a slam dunk not only in the preparation but what happened in the days after. how much do you think the defense, judy clark, did. how much do you think her words are carrying with this jury? i don t think anything at this point of the trial when you mention a slam dunk slam dunks require a lot of meticulous work. and whether it was boston p.d. or the u.s. attorney offices, the witnesses or the victims, a lot of work went into making this case. the appearance of slam dunk it was. something mike barnacle said when i was listening, it is not a legal view i think he put a
conclusion of this trial, especially among people who followed the trial closely and read or heard about the testimony given, the autopsy results of young martin richard, the brutal way he died the intent of dzhokhar tsarnaev putting the backpack with his bomb in it right behind the little boy. we re going to find out, obviously, when the penalty phase comes to a conclusion, but it s been a mixed feeling. they just want the trial over. they want justice done. and i assume that justice certainly will be done at about 1:45 time. so mike, just to remind everybody exactly the toll that was taken on the community, three people were kill more than 260 were injured when the explosion happened during the finish line at the marathon. then we have the whole incident with the m.i.t. the loss of the officer sean collier. then with this jury knowing
second. we ve just gotten word that there s a verdict in the dzhokhar tsarnaev trial in boston. they re going to be coming back the jury that is around 1:45. they will be revealing the verdict that has been reached. let s check in real fast reverend, stand by. we have adam reiss standing by at the courthouse in boston. i think this is old video that we re showing, just to be accurate here. the video we have up guys. adam, are you standing by? yes, thomas. we can tell you that they will read the verdict at 1:45. jury deliberated for about 11 hours, yesterday for about 7 hours, today about 4. yesterday they had two questions, one related to conspiracy. the other related to aiding and abetting. 96 witnesses over about a one-month period, 16 days of testimony. they have a verdict, and we should hear about it momentarily. again, there were 30 different charges in the charging documents that they had
the only question mark. beyond that i think they ll get convictions on everything. and i think the penalty phase will probably start in a couple of days. probably monday. and guilty on the weapons of mass destruction charge that is a legal term of art in federal art, that is a terrorism related charge and that would suggest at least with regard to the terror charges here everything on the day of the bombing, you ve got a jury here where we can report that found guilt relating to terrorism. there are a separate category of charges for the days after the bombing. let s jump into nbc pete williams reporting live on the network. let s step in. and officer sean collier. the rest of the counts the jury is now reading. some members of the victims family are reading. the parents of young martin richard, the young 8-year-old victim and the victims of the