Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face the death penalty if convicted of planning and committing the attack. It will be the first time he is see since he was found bleeding and hiding in Watertown, Massachusetts, a few days after the attack, the Associated Press reported.
Tsarnaev has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Boston, and he has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 260 people.
Two week ago, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced the federal indictments against Tsarnaev.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office said that space is being reversed in the main courtroom for victim's families, but she did not indicate how many planned to attend.
Tsarnaev has yet to appear publicly since his April 19 arrest after he suffered injuries in a shootout with police the day before in Watertown. Authorities said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev escaped in a hijacked car after running over his brother and co-conspirator who died following the shootout with police.
Prosecutors say Tsarnaev, a Muslim, wrote about his motivations for the bombing on the inside walls and beams of the boat where he was hiding.
"I don't like killing innocent people," he said, but also wrote: "I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished. ... We Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all."
Martin Richard, Krystle Marie Campbell and Lingzi Lu, ages 8, 29 and 23 respectively were killed by the pressure cooker improvised bombs. The Tsarnaev brothers also killed an M.I.T. officer Sean Collier days later when they were on the run from authorities.
