Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. What a crushing way to of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. A boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. Youunanimously voting to be put death for his crime. Four people died in the attack and over 200 were injured. Some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. Nbcs Pete Williams has been covering this story from the start. Hes outside the courthouse now. Pete good evening. Reporter lester good evening. The jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this penalty phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. Shock har tsarnaev becomes the first person in the u. S. To be sentenced to an act of terrorism terrorism. We send a message, a strong message, that were not going to tolerate terrorism. And i think whether
Reparations package for survivors of Police Torture, the city is rocked by another police scandal. More victims have come forward to talk about recent abuse inside a secret Detention Center at homan square. They handcuffed me to the bar and the bench that was there. When it happened, i was are ready pretty shaken up. A kind of pushed me over into my eyes off it was sitting on me. They were playing tugofwar with me. They were kind of throwing fake punches at me so i would hit the back of my head when i flinched. Amy we will speak to guardian reporter Spencer Ackerman as well as flint taylor, attorney and darrell cannon who was tortured by Chicago Police in 1983. 20 people are arrested after forming a human barricade at a Natural Gas Storage facility in upstate new york near seneca lake. It makes no sense for a place in new york to be allowing fracked gas from other states to be stored underneath this incredible 600 foot deep lake source of Drinking Water for 100,000 people. Amy josh fox
Reparations package for survivors of Police Torture, the city is rocked by another police scandal. More victims have come forward to talk about recent abuse inside a secret Detention Center at homan square. They handcuffed me to the bar and the bench that was there. When it happened, i was are ready pretty shaken up. A kind of pushed me over into my eyes off it was sitting on me. They were playing tugofwar with me. They were kind of throwing fake punches at me so i would hit the back of my head when i flinched. Amy we will speak to guardian reporter Spencer Ackerman as well as flint taylor, attorney and darrell cannon who was tortured by Chicago Police in 1983. 20 people are arrested after forming a human barricade at a Natural Gas Storage facility in upstate new york near seneca lake. It makes no sense for a place in new york to be allowing fracked gas from other states to be stored underneath this incredible 600 foot deep lake source of Drinking Water for 100,000 people. Amy josh fox
Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. What a crushing way to of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. Tonight a boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev unanimously voting he be put to death for his crimes. Four died over 200 injured. Some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. Nbcs pete wims has been covering this story from the start. Hes outside the courthouse now. Pete good evening. Reporter lester good evening. The jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this pep at phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. Dzhokhar tsarnaev becomes the first person in the u. S. Sentenced to death for an act of terrorism in nearly two decades, since Timothy Mcveigh executed for bombing the Oklahoma City Federal Building in 1995. We send a message, a strong message th
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