Guilty of using weapons of mass destruction, guilty of bombing a place of public use, guilty of conspiracy - these are just some of the numerous guilty verdicts the jury has handed down against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.  The jury has found him guilty of all 30 counts, 17 of which are punishable by death.   

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The word 'guilty' was heard 32 times as the verdicts were read one after another. Tsarnaev seemed emotionless, kept a blank stare, his head bowed and hands gripped while listening to the decision that lasted 26 minutes. 

A few steps away, was the mother of one victim, who wiped the tears off her face as the verdicts were read. 

Now, the jury's next move is to decide whether or not the 21-year-old Tsarnaev will receive the death penalty. 

The jury, which consisted of seven women and five men, spent 11 and a half hours to finally reach their verdict.  They took into consideration pieces of evidence such as awful images of bombs that exploded and tore people apart.  They heard sounds of people crying, witnesses' accounts of how they responded to the injured and the dying. 

The jury was convinced Tsarnaev was behind the murder of four people and caused injuries to hundreds more.  The prosecution has successfully explained Tsarnaev deliberately hurt Americans and was calling on the followers of radical Islam to rise up.

Bombing survivors said they were content with the decision could not find joy in it.

"Obviously we are grateful for the outcome today," bombing survivor Karen Brassard said. "It's not a happy occasion, but it's something that we can put one more step behind us."

"Nothing can ever replace the lives that were lost or changed forever," said Jeff Bauman, who lost his limbs in the bombing. "but at least there is some relief in knowing that justice is served and responsibility will be taken," he added.

Prosecutors declined to further comment on the decision, but said they are not preparing for the trial's upcoming penalty phase. 

The trial will most likely resume next week, when jurors will hear evidence by the prosecutors that will try to prove Tsarnaev's crimes are so heinous that he should be executed. 

The burden now lies on Tsarnaev's lawyer, Judy Clarke, to convince the jury to at least spare Tsarnaev's life.

Clarke is a prominent defense lawyer, who is known to have successfully kept most of  her clients off death row. 

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