Death Penalty For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sought By Author Free Britney Published: Jan 30, 2014 at 8:30 PM • Updated: May 10, 2022 at 3:45 AM • Category News Reading Time: < 1 minute Attorney General Eric Holder will seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in last year’s Boston marathon bombing.