(By Estera Popowska)
After a U.S Court jury deliberated for over 12 hours, spread over two days, the man accused of bombing the Boston marathon in 2013 has been found guilty of multiple charges that carry the death penalty. The decision was reached on Wednesday, BBC reports.

The fate of the 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev now depends on the jury in Massachusetts who will now decide what sentence he will receive. BBC reported that the verdict is still being read for other counts adding that Tsarnaev kept his hands folded in front of him and looked down as the guilty verdicts were read.

The bombs exploded at the finish line in April 2013 killed three people and wounded than 260 others. The Bomber’s lawyers maintained old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev played a role in the attacks but said his older brother was the driving force. The bomber’s conviction was widely expected because his lawyer made the surprise admission during opening statements that he took part in the bombing.

That admission was part of a defence strategy to paint Tsarnaev's elder brother, Tamerlan, as the mastermind of the attack who influenced Tsarnaev into participating. Prosecutors portrayed them as equal partners in a plan to "punish America" for wars in Muslim countries.
Tsarnaev and his family moved to the US about a decade before the bombings.

In the days following the attack, a U.S police officer was killed as Tsarnaev and his brother, attempted to flee.