Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving brother of Tamerlan Tsarnaev who together were accused of orchestrating the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013, — the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11 — was found guilty of capital count one: plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction Wednesday afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts.

This count carries the weight of the death penalty.

There are thirty counts in total, with 17 of them punishable by lethal injection or life imprisonment.

In addition to the three people killed on Boylston Street, Tsarnaev also stands accused of murdering MIT police officer Sean Collier three days after the bombings.

Sentencing is scheduled to be decided on April 13.

UPDATE: Via Buzzfeed …

  • Dzhokhar​ ​Tsarnaev​ ​has been convicted of all 30 charges for the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
  • Tsarnaev was found guilty of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. He’s also been found guilty in the deaths of Krystle Campbell, Officer Sean Collier, Lingzi Liu, and Martin Richard.
  • Defense attorneys during the trial directly said “he did this” and “it was him.” Tsarnaev’s lawyers have been more focused on saving him from the death penalty, mainly by arguing he was under the influence of his older brother, Tamerlan, who died during the attacks.
  • A jury of 7 women and 5 men decided​ ​his​ ​fate.
  • U.S. vs Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is the most high-profile federal terrorism trial in the United States since Timothy McVeigh was tried for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1997.