Marathon Monday will see its own commemoration of the attack near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured 264, but Boston on Wednesday marked the two-year anniversary of the bombing that forever changed its 119-year-old race and the city itself.
Jurors have been asked to avoid coverage of the 2013 marathon incident and commemoration ceremonies as they mull whether to leave the death penalty on the table for convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The 21-year-old was convicted of all 30 counts related to the bombing, 17 of which carry the death penalty, and now the sentencing decision is in the hands of a jury that's on break for a few days.
This year's Boston Marathon will be run Monday, April 20. The city will mark the date of the bomb explosion two years ago with events to honor the city's resilience under the heading of One Boston Day with a moment of silence, the pealing of church bells and a call for kindness.
It may be less than the percentage of U.S. citizens who called for the head of Timothy McVeigh, but the majority of Americans think Tsarnaev should be put to death. About 68 percent of Americans thought McVeigh should have received capital punishment, while around 60 percent now think Tsarnaev deserves the same, according to a CBS News poll.
Though she lost her brother, MIT police Officer Sean Collier, 27, to a shooting death at the hands of the Boston Marathon bombers, Jennifer Lemmerman says that Tsarnaev shouldn't be sentenced to capital punishment.
Proponents of the death penalty often ask the public to put themselves in the shoes of those who have lost someone violently and at the hands of another human. Lemmerman is in that position and it has only strengthened her position against the death penalty, she stated.
"It has nothing to do with some pursuit of forgiveness," says Lemmerman.
She can't imagine ever forgiving Tsarnaev. She has to live with the death of her brother, regardless or whether Tsarnaev is put to death or allowed to live.
"But I also can't imagine that killing in response to killing would ever bring me peace or justice," says Lemmerman. "Just my perspective, but enough is enough. I choose to remember Sean for the light that he brought. No more darkness."
April 6, 2015: Tsarnaev's defense team passes protestors.
Jan. 4, 2015: Boston shakes off a bitter winter and jury selection begins.
April 15, 2014: The Boston Marathon returns, a year after tragedy.
April 7, 2014: Visitors examine the exhibit entitled 'Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon.'
April 19, 2013: The FBI releases an image of two brothers suspected of carrying out the marathon bombing.
April 16, 2013: The day after, an onlooker stands outside a security gate at the scene.
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