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Tweeting the Boston Marathon sentencing: ‘Zero emotion’ from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A courtroom sketch from March shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, second from left, with defense attorneys, from left, William Fick, Judy Clarke and David Bruck.

A courtroom sketch from March shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, second from left, with defense attorneys, from left, William Fick, Judy Clarke and David Bruck.

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On the the third day of deliberations, a federal jury in Boston sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. Tsarnaev was convicted last month for his role in the 2013 attack at the Boston Marathon.

Times reporter Richard Serrano live tweeted from the courtroom, where he reported Tsarnaev "showed NO emotion all. Even for nearly a half hour standing and hearing the clerk read the form and the announcement of death."

Here's his account of the reading of the verdict:

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