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Boston bombing jury has question hours into deliberations

BOSTON (AP) — Jurors considering the fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) have a question on the first full day of jury deliberations.

The jury asked a complicated question Thursday about the legal concepts of “aiding and abetting” and “conspiracy.”

With the jury out of the room, the judge asked prosecutors and Tsarnaev’s lawyers for their thoughts on how to answer the question. They disagreed on how to answer it, so the judge said he would take a break and come back and speed to them again before he calls the jury into the room to answer the question.

Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when two pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line April 15, 2013.

The jury must decide whether Tsarnaev gets life in prison or death.


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