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Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

The 6-3 vote comes after a federal appeals court tossed the sentence in July 2020, ruling that a trial judge improperly excluded evidence that may have shown Dzhokhar was influenced...

Boston Marathon bomber received $1,400 in COVID relief funds

Dzhokar Tsarnaev was found guilty of the bombing in 2015 and ordered to pay more than $101 million in restitution.

SCOTUS likely to reinstate death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday from the Biden administration calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

DOJ wants Supreme Court to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claim his brother Tamerlan emotionally dominated his younger brother into terrorist activity.

Supreme Court to consider reinstating death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear the feds' case seeking to reinstate the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon...

Feds to seek death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

WASHINGTON  — The Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Attorney General...

Trump demands death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

President Donald Trump on Sunday demanded the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- whose execution was taken off the table by an appellate court last week. "Rarely...

Boston Marathon bomber passed US citizenship test

The older of the two brothers behind the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing passed a test to become a US citizen three months before the attack, the Boston Globe reported...

They're 'so nice,' until they get religion and want to kill us

‘We see growing efforts by terrorists to poison the minds of people like the Boston Marathon bombers and the San Bernardino killers,” President Obama said while addressing the nation in...

Friendly fire likely wounded cop in battle with Boston bombers

It's "highly likely" that a police officer who was critically injured in a dramatic gunbattle with the Boston Marathon bombers was struck by friendly fire, a district attorney said Tuesday.

'Justice for my family': Survivors react to bomber's death sentence

Survivors of the Boston marathon bombing felt relief and closure Friday as they learned the coward who attacked the finish line would be sentenced to death. “He took away his...

Boston bomber sentenced to death

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death Friday for the 2013 terror attack — and he reacted by flashing a wry grin and pointing his fingers like a...

Marathon bomber apologized for flipping the bird: cop

BOSTON — Defense lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tried on Wednesday to defuse an image of Tsarnaev giving the middle finger to a camera in his holding cell...

Big bro's gory photos the focus at Tsarnaev sentencing trial

The older brother of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev kept photos of mutilated kids on his laptop, defense lawyers showed Tuesday, in hopes of shifting blame and saving their...

Tsarnaevs' mom: US 'will pay for my sons'

She's just as twisted as he is. The mother of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has furiously bashed Americans and promised that the US "will pay" for convicting her "innocent" son...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing

The radicalized Muslim college student who with his brother planted two bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon was convicted on all counts Wednesday, and ­jurors will now decide whether he’ll die...

Verdict reached in Boston Marathon bombing trial

BOSTON — A jury has reached a verdict in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The verdict is expected to be announced shortly in U.S....

Prosecutor: Boston bomber wanted to punish US for wars in Muslim countries

BOSTON -- As he planted a backpack containing a bomb near a group of children, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a coldblooded decision aimed at punishing America for its...

Defense rests in first phase of Boston bombing trial

BOSTON -- Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case in his federal death penalty trial Tuesday, a day after they began presenting testimony designed to show his...

Prosecution rests in Boston Marathon trial after jurors see grisly autopsy photos

BOSTON — Prosecutors rested their case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday after jurors in his federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical...