Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty of All 30 Charges in Boston Marathon Bombing

A Massachusetts jury found 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts related to his involvement in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the court announced Wednesday.

Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts relating to the bombing, including charges of conspiracy, use of a deadly weapon related to mass destruction, and the murders of those killed at the marathon bombing site, as well as MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, who was killed by Dzhokhar and his brother Tamerlan three days later.

Media outlets report that 17 of the 30 counts could make Tsarnaev eligible for the death penalty. The jury will now go into the penalty phase of the verdict by hearing arguments by the defense and the prosecution to determine whether Tsarnaev should receive the death penalty or life imprisonment.

While the suspect's defense team did admit that their client had participated in the 2013 Boston Marathon terrorist attack, they sought to put the weight of the responsibility on Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan, who also participated in the attack and was killed in a shootout with police four days after the bombing.

The prosecution argued that Dzhokhar played and active role in the bombing, as he was allegedly seeking to revenge Muslim countries where the U.S. had declared war.

Survivors of the bombing and families of the deceased expressed joy Wednesday that a sense of justice had been reached in the terrorist attack.

"While today's verdict can never bring Sean back, we are thankful that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be held accountable for the evil that he brought to so many families," the family of slain MIT Police Officer Sean Collier said in a statement.