The US government says it will seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
US Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement: "The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision."
Seventeen of 30 charges against the 20-year-old carry the possibility of capital punishment, including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill.
The bombings killed three and injured more than 260 in April 2013.
Mr Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty and no trial date has been set.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Tsarnaev and his deceased older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, built and planted two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the marathon.
The brothers lived in the Massachusetts town of Cambridge, home of the prestigious Harvard University, after emigrating to the US in 2002 from the Caucasus region of southern Russia.
Officials believe they set off the bombs in retaliation against the US for its military action in Muslim countries.
On that day Chris Estwanik finished 21st overall clocking a time of 2:19:55, Ashley Estwanik finished 1,368th overall and was the 78th Female finisher clocking a time of 2:55:56, while Rose-Anna Hoey finished 1,730th overall and 106th Female finisher clocking a time of 2:58:11.
Barry Murphy finished 2,141st overall and was the 2,005th Male runner to cross the line with a time of 3:00:20, while Darin Cassidy clocked a time of 3:42.21finishing 11,918th overall and the 8,165th Male overall.
Ali Hochberg was the 1,833rd Female finisher to cross the line and 13,882th overall with a time of 3:50:11, while Inger Johanne Mesna finished 14,047th overall and the 14,047th Female finisher after recording a time of 3:50:50.
Claire De Ste Croix finished 14,100th overall and was the 4,962nd Female finisher clocking a time of 3:51.00.
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