US prosecutors may demand death penalty for Tsarnayev

A Massachusetts federal attorney is expected to decide this week whether to demand capital punishment for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnayev, Eurasia Review reports on Wednesday.

Prosecutors in Massachusetts will decide within a week whether to recommend the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnayev if he is convicted of launching an attack on the Boston Marathon.

The prosecutors in the office of US Attorney Carmen Ortiz told a court hearing on Tuesday that the sentencing recommendation would go to US Attorney General Eric Holder, who will have until January 31 to make the final decision on the government’s recommended punishment for the 20-year-old suspected terrorist.