Breaking: Federal Court Overturns Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonated two pressure-cooker bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013, killing three and injuring over 260 bystanders. Tamerlan was killed in a subsequent shootout with police, while Dzhokhar was found after a massive manhunt. Dzhokhar said that he and his brother had carried out the attacks in the name of radical Islam.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled on Friday that the penalty phase of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial should be reheld, citing potential jury bias. Tsarnaev’s lawyers had singled out the jury foreman, who wrote on Twitter before the trial that Tsarnaev was a “piece of sh*t.”

“I have never borne witness to a case with pretrial publicity more ‘extreme’ or ‘extraordinary’ than this one,” wrote Judge Juan R. Torruela in the ruling.

Federal Court Overturns Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber Brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonated two pressure-cooker bombs at the finish line of the Boston ... READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.