The Supreme Court of the United States has re-imposed this Friday the death sentence against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, responsible for terrorist attack killed three people and left 264 others injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.
Thus, the court has reversed the decision of an appeals court that decided in August 2020 to overturn the sentence imposed against him and annul three of the thirty convictions, according to information from the CNN television network.
Voting this Friday It has been resolved with six votes in favor and three against. Justice Clarence Thomas has stated that “Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes.” and has stressed that theThe Sixth Amendment has guaranteed him a fair trial before an impartial court.”
An American jury decided in 2015 unanimously impose capital punishment on the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon attackthus ruling out the non-reviewable life sentence.
Tsarnaev was convicted of killing three people and injuring 264 in two explosive devices that went off on April 15, 2013, in Boston. Three days later, he and his older brother, Tamerlan, 26, killed a police officer.They stole a car at gunpoint and threw bombs at pursuing officers, sparking a search-and-seizure operation that shut down most of Boston.
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