As the Boston bomber is sentenced to DEATH by LETHAL Injection a hero off-duty fire-fighter who witnessed the carnage speaks for his city...

Boston Marathon Bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty On All 30 Counts. Facing The Death Penalty (Video)

• Jury of seven women and five men ruled that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die
• Was convicted of 17 charges eligible for death sentence over 2013 bombing
• Jury unanimously ruled in favor of capital punishment for six of the counts
• Tsarnaev was somber and emotionless and death sentence was delivered 
• Alternative was life in prison without parole
• Survivor Sydney Corcoran said the punishment is 'an eye for an eye' and that bomber 'took away his own right to live'
• Tsarnaev's father Anzor said: 'We will fight. We will fight until the end.'

A heroic firefighter who rescued victims of the Boston bombing attack said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence is nothing to celebrate, spitting: 'He wanted to go hell — he is going to get there early.'

Michael Ward was off duty along the marathon route when two explosions went off, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others.

On Friday, two years after he pulled wounded men, women and children to safety, Ward was in court to witness Tsarnaev being sentenced to death.

'I remember the vile, disgusting thing that this person did and his brother,' Ward told a press conference. 'They destroyed countless innocent lives.'

Seven women and five men unanimously voted to punish the 21-year-old with death for his part in detonating two bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others.

Tsarnaev was convicted last month of all 30 federal charges against him, 17 of which carried the possibility of the death penalty.

The jury found that he deserved the death penalty for some but not all of the charges - which means he will be executed by lethal injection.

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Tsarnaev's defense lawyers said he deserved life in prison instead.

Families of bombing victims, including the parents of an eight-year-old boy Tsarnaev killed, packed the courtroom to hear the verdict.

When Tsarnaev entered he was said to appear emotionless - even relaxed - much like at every other phase of the trial. He was wearing a dark sport coat and a light-colored shirt.

Had he not carried out the bombings, Tsarnaev would have been due to graduate from college today instead of being sentenced to death.

He was said to be equally expressionless when the jury delivered their verdict. 

Reporters in the courtroom said he cracked his knuckles twice and ran his hands through his hair as it became clear he would be executed. 

Before the verdict, jurors rules on a swathe of aggravating factors - declaring that Tsarnaev extensively planned the attack purposefully targeted a child, acted in a 'heinous and cruel' manner and has no remorse for his actions.

However, they decided there was not enough evidence to prove he incited others to make further attacks against the United States. 

The defense sought to save Tsarnaev's life by pinning most of the blame on his radicalized older brother. However, only three jurors agreed that this was a mitigating factor in the crimes.

Prosecutors portrayed Tsarnaev as an equal partner in the attack and so heartless he placed a bomb behind children, killing a 8-year-old Martin Richard.

Other victims of the bombing include 23-year-old Chinese exchange student Lingzi Lu and 29-year-old restaurant managed Krystle Campbell.

Sean A Collier, a 27-year-old police officer, was killed by the Tsarnaevs when the two were being hunted down. Dzhokhar's older brother Tamerlan died before he could be caught.

Before Dzhokhar launched the bombing attack he was a student at the University of Massachusetts's Dartmouth campus. His peers in the class of 2015 were graduating as he was sentenced to death Friday.

Jurors in Tsarnaev's trail heard 10 weeks of testimony, spanning about 150 witnesses, including people whose legs were torn off by the shrapnel-filled bombs.

William Richard, the father of bombing victim Martin, described the gut-wrenching decision to leave him to die of his wounds so that he could save the life of his daughter, Jane, who lost a leg but survived.

Prosecutors described Tsarnaev as an adherent of al Qaeda's militant Islamist views who carried out the attack as an act of retribution for U.S. military campaigns in Muslim-dominated countries. 

In their closing arguments, Tsarnaev's defense told the jury 'Dzhokhar is not the worst of the worst, and that's what the death penalty is reserved for - the worst of the worst.'

Attorney Judy Clarke claimed that he is 'genuinely sorry for what he's done' and has 'the potential for redemption'.

Jurors were told that each of them individually had the power to save Tsarnaev's life, as the death sentence requires all 12 to agree. In this case, nobody dissented from capital punishment. 

Meanwhile prosecution lawyer Steve Mellin argued that Tsarnaev's actions 'earned him a sentence of death'.

He said: 'The defendant knew what kind of hell was going to be unleashed.'

When he heard the verdict, Tsarnaev's father Anzor vowed to do all he could to stop his son being killed.

Speaking to ABC News from Dagestan, he said: 'We will fight. We will fight. We will fight until the end.'

Meanwhile, bombing victim Sydney Corcoran, who nearly bled to death and whose mother lost both her legs, supported the death sentence.

She said: 'My mother and I think that NOW he will go away and we will be able to move on. Justice.

'In his own words, "an eye for an eye."'

She added: 'He took away his own right to live.'

Liz Norden, whose two sons both lost a leg in the explosion, said: 'I have to watch my 2 sons put legs on every day... but it feels like a weight's been lifted. It was justice.'

Adrienne Haslet, a dancer who lost a leg in the attack, said: 'My heart is with our entire survivor community. I am thrilled with the verdict!' 

Dic Donohue, a police officer who was injured trying to apprehend the Tsarnaevs, said: 'Just over two years after the events that impacted us as a community and a nation, we can finally close this chapter in our lives.

'The verdict, undoubtedly a difficult decision for the jury, gives me relief and closure as well as the ability to keep moving forward.'

However, other people affected by the bombing had argued that Tsarnaev should be spared. Bill and Denise Richard, parents of eight-year-old victim Martin Richard, said the government should stop seeking the death penalty because it will draw out the legal process.

Writing in the Boston Globe, they said the appeals and trial only 'prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives'.

After the sentence was delivered, Attorney General Loretta Lynch welcomed the sentence as 'a fitting punishment for this horrific crime'.

She said: 'Dzhokhar Tsarnaev coldly and callously perpetrated a terrorist attack that injured hundreds of Americans and ultimately took the lives of three individuals'.

She continued: 'We know all too well that no verdict can heal the souls of those who lost loved ones, nor the minds and bodies of those who suffered life-changing injuries from this cowardly attack.

'But the ultimate penalty is a fitting punishment for this horrific crime and we hope that the completion of this prosecution will bring some measure of closure to the victims and their families.'

Boston mayor Marty Walsh also gave a statement. He said: 'I hope this verdict provides a small amount of closure to the survivors, families, and all impacted by the violent and tragic events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon.

'We will forever remember and honor those who lost their lives and were affected by those senseless acts of violence on our City.

'Today, more than ever, we know that Boston is a city of hope, strength and resilience, that can overcome any challenge.'

Charlie Baker, the governor of Massachusetts, added: 'I think every time somebody runs the marathon, it will be impossible for this to be too far from their minds.

'The marathon has certainly changed forever... and that by definition, I suppose, changes Boston.' 

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Federal Prosecutors Are Seeking The Death Penalty Against Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

A jury on Wednesday found Dzokhar Tsarnaev guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, as well as fatally shooting a police officer four days later.

Tsarnaev, 21, was found guilty of all 30 counts against him, with 17 of the charges carrying the death penalty. The same U.S. District Court jury will now decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without possibility of parole.

Tsarnaev silently looked down, occasionally fidgeting, as the lengthy verdict was read. The courtroom was packed with survivors of the attack, the parents of 8-year-old Martin Richard, the youngest fatality, and law enforcement officials, including former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis.

Jurors spent just over 11 hours evaluating Tsarnaev’s guilt in two days of deliberations, following 16 days of testimony.

Defense lawyers began the trial by admitting that Tsarnaev carried out the April 15, 2013, bombing but said he did so at the bidding of his older brother Tamerlan, 26, who died following a gunfight with police in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Prosecutors laid out evidence that the defendant, an ethnic Chechen who immigrated from Russia a decade before the attack, had read and listened to jihadist materials, and wrote a note in the boat where he was found hiding suggesting the bombing was an act of retribution for U.S. military campaigns in Muslim-dominated countries.

The blasts killed restaurant manager Krystle Campbell, 29, Chinese exchange student Lingzi Lu, 23, and Richard. Tsarnaev also was found guilty of the fatal shooting of Massachusetts of Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, 26.

Federal prosecutors detailed jihadi writings, including a copy of al Qaeda's "Inspire" magazine with an article on bomb-making found on of Tsarnaev's computers, describing that as evidence that he was an extremist who wanted to "punish America."

The trial, which began in early March after a two-month jury selection process, dredged up some of worst memories in living memory in Boston. The twin pressure-cooker bombs ripped through the crowd of spectators at the race's finish line, setting off a mad rush to save the hundreds of people wounded, many of whom lost legs.

Three days later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released images of the Tsarnaev brothers, saying they were the suspected bombers and seeking information on their identities. That set the stage for 24 hours of chaos as the duo fatally shot Collier in an unsuccessful attempt to steal his gun and went on to carjack a Chinese entrepreneur before police found them in the suburb of Watertown.

The pair fought a desperate gunfight with police, throwing a smaller pressure-cooker bomb similar to the ones they used at the race, as well as smaller pipe bombs. When Tamerlan Tsarnaev ran out of bullets in the rusty Ruger handgun his brother had borrowed from a drug-dealing friend, he charged Watertown police officers who were trying to wrestle him to the ground. Dzhokhar then hopped into the carjacked Mercedes SUV and sped toward the group, running over his brother and dragging him.

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Federal prosecutors have announced their decision to seek the death penalty against 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the twin blasts that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.