Death penalty central to Boston bombings trial

BOSTON: With jury selection barely begun in the trial of accused Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the prospect of the death penalty is already front and center.

On Tuesday, as the day before, federal Judge George O'Toole repeated to prospective jurors that the trial "differs from many other criminal cases in a significant way. Mr. Tsarnaev is accused of crimes that are potentially punishable by a sentence of death.