(NPR) Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of Boston Marathon Bomber's Vacated Death Sentences

Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of Boston Marathon Bomber's Vacated Death Sentences



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Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of Boston Marathon Bomber's Vacated Death Sentences






The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lower court's decision from last summer that vacated the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Here, atist Jane Flavell Collins pulls down her courtroom sketches outside the Moakley federal courthouse in Boston after Tsarnaev was sentenced.



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Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of Boston Marathon Bomber's Vacated Death Sentences






An appeals court ruled last summer that the original trial judge did not secure an impartial jury for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The U.S. has asked the Supreme Court to review the decision.