Crime & Safety
Tazhayakov, Boston Marathon Bomber's Friend, Gets 42 Months
He is one of two accomplices to be sentenced on June 5, 2015; he will get some credit for time served and then, be deported.
Azamat Tazhayakov, a college roommate of Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 42 months in prison for obstruction of justice on June 5, 2015.
According to WHDH-TV, he will get credit for 26 months already served and will serve 16 more before he is deported.
Robel Phillipos is also expected to be sentenced today.
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Earlier this week, Dias Kadyrbayev was sentenced to 72 months in the case.
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