The Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
, who attacked the 2013 Boston Marathon in plot hatched with his older brother Tamerlan, killing three and injuring more than 200.
"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes. The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him a fair trial before an impartial jury. He received one," Thomas wrote in the decision, reversing the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which ruled in 2020 that Tsarnaev deserved a new sentencing.
Of the jury questioning, Thomas dismissed concerns of potentially overlooked bias, concluding,"The Sixth Amendment guarantees the accused the right to a trial by an impartial jury. The right to an impartial jury does not require ignorance." U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins praised the court's decision but noted other legal issues remain pending in other courts.
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