Boston Residents Against Death Penalty for Marathon Bomber Tsarnaev - Poll

Majority of Boston residents are against death penalty for Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to WBUR/MassINC Polling Group poll.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Boston Marathon bombings, which took place on April 15, 2013, killed three people and injured more than 260 after two bombs exploded within 12 seconds and 210 yards of each other close to the finish line of the marathon.

The poll’s results published Monday revealed that only 27 percent of Boston residents think Tsarnaev should receive the death sentence while 62 percent said he should be jailed for life.

According to Steve Koczela of The MassINC Polling Group, the figures correspond to the liberal and Democratic political position opposing capital punishment that most Boston residents share.

The trial of 21-year-old suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev started on March 4. US federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Tsarnaev, who faces 30 charges, half of which carry the death penalty.

The trial will be held in two stages, first deciding on culpability and then if the crime warrants a capital punishment sentence.

Another bombing suspect, Dzhokhar's older brother Tamerlan was killed in a gunfight with police on April 19, 2013, four days after the Boston Marathon bombings.