In late July of 2020, a U.S. Appeals Court overturned the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
The case ended up at the Supreme Court, which has voted 6-3 to reinstate the death penalty for Tsarnaev:
The Supreme Court REINSTATES the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS holds that a federal appeals court was wrong when it vacated his death sentence based on a jury-selection issue and an evidentiary issue.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 4, 2022
Here's the opinion from Clarence Thomas in United States v. Tsarnaev: https://t.co/zeCKqPOiCa.
The court divided along ideological lines, with Breyer (joined by Kagan and in part by Sotomayor) dissenting.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 4, 2022
Fox News’ Shannon Bream shared some more details:
BREAKING: #SCOTUS finds death penalty for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was improperly thrown out by lower court. 6-3
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) March 4, 2022
Justice Clarence Thomas had this to say in the decision:
Opinion by J. Thomas: “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes. The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him a fair trial before an impartial jury. He received one. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is reversed.”
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) March 4, 2022
Bream also says the SCOTUS decision on Tsarnaev puts creates an “odd situation” for the Biden administration:
Creates odd situation for Biden Administration – which has both: 1) put a moratorium on the federal death penalty, and 2) argued to SCOTUS that Tsarnaev should be executed. Now what …
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) March 4, 2022
Perhaps Jen Psaki will be asked about this during a future briefing — it seems like it would be a good question for her to dodge.
Any doubt who the 3 opposed were?
— Robert Nolen (@robtnolen) March 4, 2022
This is what I was wondering. It seems weird that they even argued this case in the first place considering their publicly stated opinion on the death penalty. https://t.co/EKmS4TZ2UQ
— Ashton (@pikashtu) March 4, 2022
https://t.co/yeY5wnntIf pic.twitter.com/bIuvz2m5dQ
— Prison Mitch (@MidnightMitch) March 4, 2022
@RollingStone hardest hit. He was their poster child. They wanted him to be a big star. Too bad. To Terre Haute he goes. And stays. Forever.
— Mike Daitch (@mikedaitch) March 4, 2022
Remember when Rolling Stone gave Tsarnaev the “rock star” cover treatment?
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