No sentence yet: Boston Marathon bombing jury returns Friday morning

BOSTON — After deliberating for eight hours Thursday, jurors deciding a sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went home for the day.

Deliberations began late Wednesday afternoon. They are scheduled to resume at 8:30 Friday morning.

Jurors are deciding whether to give Tsarnaev the death penalty or sentence him to life in prison with no possibility for parole. The process involves working through a 24-page form that requires them to weigh 12 aggravating factors against 21 mitigating factors.

For a death sentence to be imposed, all 12 jurors must vote for it on at least one of the 17 counts at issue. Otherwise Tsarnaev receives life in prison.

The case is in the hands of the same five men and seven women who found Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in connection with the April 15, 2013, bomb attacks and manhunt that left four people dead and more than 260 injured.