Jurors Begin Deliberations in Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

Jurors will begin deliberations for the sentencing of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev this week after weeks of testimony and arguments made by both the defense and the prosecution.

On Monday, jurors were given directions by Judge George O'Toole Jr. on considering over 30 charges brought against Tsarnaev for his alleged participation in the 2013 attack that left three dead and hundreds injured.

The jurors will also take part in a second round of deliberations that will determine whether Tsarnaev should receive life imprisonment or the death penalty for his alleged participation in the terrorist attack.

The suspect's lawyers have already admitted that Tsarnaev played a role in the April 15, 2013 attack, but have argued that the suspect's older brother had been the mastermind behind the pressure cooker explosions.

According to CNN, jurors were shown graphic video from the day of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that showed victims being dismembered from the strong pressure cooker blasts.

Prosecution has argued that 21-year-old Tsarnaev meticulously plotted the attack as revenge for U.S.-led wars in Muslim countries.

"The defendant brought terrorism into the backyards and main streets," Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty said in a statement, as reported by CNN. "The defendant thought that his values were more important than the people around him. He wanted to awake the mujahedeen, the holy warriors, so he chose Patriots' Day, Marathon Monday."

Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb added that Tsarnaev made a conscious decision to carry out the bombing, rather than following his brother's charge, as the defense had argued.

"The plan was to make this bombing as memorable as it could possibly be," Weinreb told the court.