penalty. alan fisher reports. >> reporter: the verdict was never in doubt. as the trial began lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev admitted he was one of the boston bombers. it was him they said in opening statements. now the jury has delivered its verdict, difficulty on all 30 charges. 17 carry the death penalty. but one of the victims said the juries decision doesn't bring this to an end. >> we are all going to move on on with our lives and get back to some sense of normalcy hopefully when this is all done. so closure i guess i don't think so only because it's forever a part of our life. >> reporter: the defense knew they would never clear their client their intention was to save him from the death penalty. they want the jury to see him as someone who acted under the influence of his older brother tamerlan. >> what the defense team has done is that it's allowed the jury to start building trust with the defense attorneys. so that after this almost inevitable conclusion of guilt the jury...