Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 27-year-old Kyrgyz-American man found guilty in 2015 of the Boston Marathon bombings two years prior, has had his death sentence overturned by a US appeals court on Friday.
On Friday, the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld much of Tsarnaev’s conviction, but ordered a lower court to hold a new trial to decide on the punishment for the crimes for which the death penalty is a possible punishment. Those include usage of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, as well as aiding and abetting.
“And just to be crystal clear: because we are affirming the convictions (excluding the §924(c) convictions) and the many life sentences imposed on those remaining counts (which Dzhokhar has not challenged), Dzhokhar will remain confined to prison for the rest of his life, with the only question remaining being whether the government will end his life by executing him,” the court continued.
Tsarnaev’s lawyers argued in the appeals case late last year that his trial was not fair because it was held in Boston, where the bombings occurred. As of Friday, no date for his execution had been set. A previous attempt at securing a retrial in 2016 failed.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, were previously found guilty of placing the bombs that killed three people and injured 280 others who were part of the crowds near the finish line for Boston’s annual marathon race on April 15, 2013. While Tamerlan died that day after being shot by police, Dzhokhar was sentenced to death in June 2015.
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