WOUNDED SECOND SUSPECT IN BOSTON BOMBINGS CHARGED IN HOSPITAL BED.............

During this hour in a Boston hospital room, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the wounded, surviving second suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombings and its aftermath one week ago today, has been formally charged with the crimes, facing two preliminary counts.  He is charged with the use and conspiring with his now dead older brother to use a weapon of mass destruction.  In addition, the charge of working in tandem with his brother Tamerlan to place and explode two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.  Reports that Dzhhokhar Tsarnaev has communicated with law enforcement officials who have questioned him over the weekend in the hospital has today resulted in the news disclosure that he has admitted he and his brother were motivated by a radical element of the Islam Religion, but claims it was their own effort, without ties to any terrorist group.  The two criminal counts Tsarnaev has been charged with include the possibility he will face the death penalty if convicted.  Due to his wounded and weakened condition, the interrogation of the suspect took place not in verbal exchanges, but in his answering questions in writing.  Authorities indicated today they are still seeking to verify the veracity of his answers, using personal interactions, telephone records and online use to reach that determination.  However, the details of the report outlining the charges brought against him cite camera videotape of the suspect wearing a knapsack and placing it on the ground before walking away from up and the knapsack exploding seconds later causing the second bombing.  A naturalized American citizen from Checyna (Russia) the suspect is being represented by the Boston Public Defender's Office.  The Obama Administration announced today United States Justice Department will prosecute the case against Tsarnaev in the federal court system, not in a military tribunal.  More as proceedings leading to the trial unfold.............Fr.  Troy