Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Death Sentence Overturned By Federal Appeals Court

CBS Boston ^ | July 31, 2020

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Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
CNBC ^ | 4 Mar 2022 | Kevin Breuninger and Dan Mangan
Posted on 3/4/2022, 5:52:53 PM by Rummyfan

The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty sentence imposed on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

The death sentence had been tossed out earlier by a federal appeals court.

“Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes,” Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion.

The Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the death penalty sentence imposed on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reversing a lower federal appeals court ruling that had voided that punishment.

In its 6-3 ruling, the high court rejected arguments by Tsarnaev’s lawyers that his trial judge erred in barring certain questions to prospective jurors, and in blocking evidence of his brother Tamerlan’s role in a prior triple murder.

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