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Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

Seamus Webster • March 17, 2022

The Supreme Court reinstates the death penalty for 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

EDITORIAL: Despite severity, the Boston Marathon bomber’s actions don’t justify the immorality of capital punishment

Editors • March 23, 2021

The death penalty is immoral and an amplifier of existing racial inequities in our judicial system.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev defense team steps down

Olivia Quintana • February 19, 2016

A new defense team for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was requested in a motion filed Wednesday by Miriam Conrad, the former lead defense attorney for the case. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted...

Judge orders release of documents from Tsarnaev trial

Grace Li • January 29, 2016

U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole ordered Tuesday the release of more than 600 court files kept under record during the trial of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according...

Judge rejects Tsarnaev’s request for a new trial

Olivia Quintana • January 20, 2016

U.S. District Judge George O’Toole denied a motion for a new trial for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Friday afternoon, while ordering Tsarnaev to pay more than $101 million in restitution...