Defenders of Johar Tsarnaev fail to conclude plea agreement with prosecutors in case of Boston terror act

In Boston, the court has started jury selection in the case against Johar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of committing a terror act during the Boston Marathon in April 2013.

According to investigators, Johar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan, who was killed at detention, organized a terror act during the Boston Marathon Run in April 15, 2013. Then, the explosion triggered by them killed three people and injured 282. 

Today, it has been reported that defenders of Johar Tsarnaev failed to conclude a plea agreement with officials of the US Attorney General Office. Parties conducted relevant negotiations for several months and discussed the possibility that Johar Tsarnaev would plead guilty and would be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

The defenders put forward the condition that the government would not require capital punishment for the defendant. Those negotiations have come to a full stop, since the US Justice Department did not agree to give up the possibility of the death penalty for Johar Tsarnaev, the "TASS" reports with reference to the CNN TV Channel.

It should be noted that Massachusetts with capital in Boston abolished the death penalty. However, Johar Tsarnaev will be judged by the US federal law.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.