Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is back on death row.
The Supreme Court has overturned the decision of a lower court to spare death for him.
This was such a horrific crime that even some liberals in Massachusetts were OK with the death penalty.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Supreme Court Puts Boston Marathon Bomber Back on Death Row
The Supreme Court on Friday reinstated Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence.
The High Court’s conservative majority reversed a federal appeals court that flagged alleged errors in jury selection and sentencing at Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial. President Joe Biden’s Justice Department imposed a moratorium on federal executions in 2021, so Tsarnaev will not be put to death in the near term. But Friday’s result means a future administration could oversee his execution.
Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion for a 6-3 Court over the dissent of the liberal trio.
“Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes. The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him a fair trial before an impartial jury. He received one,” Thomas wrote.
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The Biden Justice Department pushed the justices to reimpose Tsarnaev’s death sentence. At oral arguments in Tsarnaev’s case, a Justice Department lawyer acknowledged the policy shift but indicated a future administration could be of a different mind and able to carry out the sentence.
Heightening the uncertainty surrounding Tsarnaev’s fate, the top federal prosecutor issued a short statement Friday that acknowledged the decision but made no mention of a possible execution.
This was the right decision.
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.”
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) March 4, 2022
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 …
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) March 4, 2022
He had no mercy for his victims. He deserves none.
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