Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 

In 6-3 decision, court overturns Appeals Court ruling

THE SUPREME COURT reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in a split 6-3 decision.  The decision was written by Justice Clarence Thomas. The three liberal justices on the court – Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor – dissented.  In 2013, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonated homemade pressure(...)

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