His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his first public appearance since his capture in mid-April.
As victims of the bombing looked on, Tsarnaev, 19, gave a lopsided smile to his sisters upon arriving in the courtroom. He appeared to have a jaw injury and there was swelling around his left eye and cheek.
He faces 30
federal charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, and
could get the death penalty if prosecutors choose to pursue it.
Some states, including Florida, have passed laws that allow a person accused of an
extremely heinous crime, such as murder, to be tried as an adult, regardless of
age. These laws, however, have been challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union. An estimated 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced, or
incarcerated as adults every year across the United States each year.http://www.campaignforyouthjustice.org/documents/KeyYouthCrimeFacts.pdf
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