Category: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Boston Marathon Bomber Again Tries to Avoid Execution

BOSTON—Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is again trying to avoid execution, asking the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to consider four constitutional claims not taken up when his death sentence appeal went to the Supreme Court last month. Tsarnaev’s attorneys in a filing Thursday said the trial court “improperly forced” their client to stand…


Supreme Court Reinstates Federal Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber Tsarnaev

On Friday morning, the Supreme Court reinstated the federal death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a terrorist who was convicted of bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, in a 6–3 decision, with all three liberal justices dissenting from the ruling. Tsarnaev, 28, is the lone surviving perpetrator of the 2013 attack that has been deemed one of…


Supreme Court May Reinstate Death Sentence Against Boston Marathon Bomber

Supreme Court justices seemed generally sympathetic to Biden administration arguments Oct. 13 that the  death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be reinstated. The hearing centered largely around potential juror bias and evidence that Tsarnaev’s late older brother, Tamerlan, was involved in a jihad-related triple murder two years before the 2013 marathon bombing….


Supreme Court Could Reimpose Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Trump administration, which carried out executions of 13 federal inmates in its final six months in office. The case won’t be heard until the fall, and it’s…