SCOTUS Reinstates Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

 Townhall  "In a 6-3 decision Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber — and Biden stimulus check recipient — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev following a previous federal appeals court decision that vacated his death sentence.". . . 

. . ."Tsarnaev's actions in April 2013 — planning and executing the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequently murdering a MIT campus police officer, carjacking a graduate student, and fighting a street battle with police during which Dzhokhar ended up running over and killing his brother Tamerlan — resulted in a lengthy indictment, with more than one dozen capital offenses. A jury found Tsarnaev guilty on all counts and ultimately determined that six

 warranted the death penalty.

. . .As Justice Thomas writes for the Court:

On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted and detonated two homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The blasts hurled nails and metal debris into the assembled crowd, killing three while maiming and wounding hundreds. Three days later, the brothers murdered a campus police officer, carjacked a graduate student, and fired on police who had located them in the stolen vehicle. Dzhokhar attempted to flee in the vehicle but inadvertently killed Tamerlan by running him over. Dzhokhar was soon arrested and indicted. 

A jury found Dzhokhar guilty of 30 federal crimes and recommended the death penalty for 6 of them. The District Court accordingly sentenced Dzhokhar to death. The Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence. We now reverse.

"Thomas also emphasized the violence and terror of the bombing carried out by Tsarnaev:". . .More...    Photos added by the Tunnel Dweller

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