Supreme Court to consider Boston Marathon bomber’s fate

[mountaineer]

Supreme Court to consider Boston Marathon bomber’s fate
 By Rich Calder   
October 9, 2021 12:19pm

The Biden administration will try to convince the nation’s highest court next week to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arguing a jury doesn’t need to examine evidence the feds relied on during an earlier phase of the case.

Tsarnaev’s guilt in the horrific attack near the finish line of the 2013 marathon, which killed three and injured 260 people, won’t be at issue when justices for the US Supreme Court hear the case Wednesday. The only question before the justices is whether the 28-year-old should be sentenced to life in prison, or death.

Nor will justices likely review the administration’s aggressive pursuit of a capital sentence for Tsarnaev — even as it has halted federal executions and President Joe Biden has called for the elimination of the death penalty.  ...

NY Post

[mountaineer]

Supreme Court Clashes Over Bid To Execute Boston Marathon Bomber
Biden administration pushes death penalty as DOJ pauses federal executions
Kevin Daley • October 13, 2021 6:15 pm

Members of the Supreme Court clashed Wednesday morning over the government’s bid to execute Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

The justices heard arguments for 90 minutes over a federal appeals court decision that upheld Dzhokhar’s 2015 convictions but overturned the death sentence. The Biden administration is asking the High Court to reimpose the death penalty for Dzhokhar, even though Attorney General Merrick Garland has imposed a moratorium on federal executions. ...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressed government lawyer Eric Feigin to explain the government’s "end game" in Dzhokhar’s case, given that Garland has suspended federal executions. Feigin didn’t say that the Biden administration will put Dzhokhar to death. But he noted that the appeals process will take years, a tacit concession that some future attorney general could authorize Dzhokhar’s execution.

"The administration continues to believe the jury imposed a sound verdict and the court of appeals was wrong to upset that verdict," Feigin said.

Wednesday’s arguments were spirited throughout and at times heated. At one point, Justices Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh broke with usual form and engaged with each other directly, rather than direct questions toward the lawyers on hand. ... Washington Free Beacon

[mountaineer]

THIS JUST IN

Supreme Court reimposes death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted of joining his brother in detonating two pressure cooker bombs near the marathon finish line in 2013, killing three people and injuring hundreds.
March 4, 2022, 10:14 AM EST
By Pete Williams

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday reimposed the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reversing a federal appeals court ruling that had voided it.

The 6-3 decision rejected defense claims that the judge at Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial improperly restricted the questioning of prospective jurors and was wrong to exclude evidence of a separate crime two years before the bombing.

Tsarnaev was convicted of joining his older brother, Tamerlan, in planting and detonating two pressure cooker bombs at separate spots near the marathon finish line in 2013. The blasts killed three people and left hundreds of others with serious injuries.   ...

NBC News

[Kamaji]

Can't say I'm going to get overly worked up about that one!

[mountaineer]

If the govt ever gets around to carrying out this sentence, I will gladly drink a toast to this lovely young fella's demise.

[mystery-ak]

Just on Fox...they reinstated the death penalty

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/1499765226216075280

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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.”



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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 ...

[mountaineer]

This is my periodic reminder that you should read Michele McPhee's book, "Mayhem: Unanswered Questions about the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US Government and the Boston Marathon Bombing."

... This page-turning narrative goes a long way toward answering questions that still linger about the notorious Boston Marathon bombing, such as: Where were the bombs made? And what had been Tamerlan Tsarnaev's relationship to the FBI?
 
Mayhem casts a spotlight on the U.S. Government's relationship with the older Tsarnaev brother as his younger brother, Dzhokhar, will continue his efforts to have his death sentence commuted in October, just days after the Boston Marathon will be run for the first time since 2019.
 
The federal government may be forced to confirm a longstanding relationship with Tamerlan and its decision to shield him from investigation for the Sept. 11, 2011 ISIS-style triple murder of three friends.
 
As they infamously did with Whitey Bulger, federal agents appear to have protected Tamerlan because of his value as a paid informant.   ...

From Amazon blurb.

Oh yes, James Comey was part of the scandal, too.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Put Tsarnaev down immediatley.  What's the point of a death penalty if it's not carried out?  Kill the S.O.B.

[Wingnut]

The three dissenting justices, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan...

The usual suspects.

[Fishrrman]

Justice Thomas has a way with words (as in economical and succinct):
“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.”

Unfortunately I don't believe the Supreme Court's order will be carried out until 2025 at the earliest...