U.S. Department of Justice requirements Supreme Court The death penalty for the bomber of the Boston Marathon was reinstated on Monday Dzhokhar TsarnaevOn Tuesday, the court announced its October debate schedule, which indicated that the debate on Tsarnaev’s verdict was scheduled for October 13.
Tsarnaev was convicted of terrorism for planning the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing with his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev. After placing a pressure cooker bomb near the finish line of the race, the brothers killed three people and wounded hundreds of others.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a gun battle with police a few days after the explosion. At the beginning of the initial trial, Djohar’s lawyer admitted that the brothers detonated two bombs on April 15, 2013. They also said that Djokal was not responsible and believed that his brother Tamerlan was the planner of the attack.
In 2015, the jury convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Dzhokhar Tsarnaev) on all 30 counts and sentenced him to six death sentences. The Federal Court of Appeals overturned his death sentence in July 2020 on the grounds that due to extensive media coverage of the case, the trial judge did not adequately ensure the fairness of the jury.
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The Justice Department submitted a 48-page summary to the Supreme Court on Monday, arguing that the appellate court “improperly revoked the death sentence recommended by the jury in one of the most important terrorist prosecutions in our country’s history.”
The briefing further argued that the High Court “should revoke the decision on the death penalty” and “and put the case back on track to a fair conclusion.”
In March, the Supreme Court announced that it would consider restoring Tsarnaev’s death sentence after the president succeeded. Joe Biden Has publicly promised to end the federal death penalty.
The initial decision to seek the death penalty for Tsarnaev was made by the then president Barack ObamaManagement. Biden has not yet commented on the Tsarnaev case.
White House Press Secretary Jean Psaki In March, he was asked how Biden will handle the Tsarnaev case in the Supreme Court. She replied that Biden was “very worried about whether the death penalty currently being implemented is in line with our basic values of justice and fairness.”
Psaki added that the president “also expressed his fears about what happened that day. [of the Boston Marathon bombing] And the actions of Tsarnaev. “
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about Tsarnaev’s decision on October 13. However, if the judge restores the death sentence, Biden will not be forced to schedule an execution date.
