Supreme Court Reinstates Federal Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber Tsarnaev

Supreme Court Reinstates Federal Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber Tsarnaev
Dzhokar Tzarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers, in a file photo provided by the Federal Bureau on April 19, 2013. FBI, File/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court has reinstated the federal death sentence of Muslim terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, in a 6–3 decision, with all three liberal justices dissenting from the ruling.

Tsarnaev, 28, is the only surviving perpetrator of the attack deemed to be one of the worst acts of terrorism on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001.