August 02, 2020 – 13:08
An appeals court decided to revoke the death sentence to which Tsarnaev was sentenced in 2015, as well as three of the 30 convictions against him.
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President Donald Trump, has asked this Sunday the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, responsible for the terrorist attack that killed three people and left 264 others wounded at the finish line of the marathon in Boston on April 15, 2013.
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This Friday, an appeals court decided to revoke the death sentence to which Tsarnaev was sentenced in 2015, as well as three of the 30 convictions that weigh against him, although he has maintained that he will remain in federal prison for the rest of his life.
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President Trump criticized the decision in a message posted on his Twitter account. “Death penalty. He killed and seriously injured many. Justice!” He wrote.
Appeal judges have ruled that Judge George O’Toole, who is responsible for Tsarnaev’s trial, “failed to comply” with the jury’s interrogation procedure in order to detect “possible prejudice,” “which provides sufficient reason to overturn a sentence. death “, according to the decision of the Court of Appeals.
Thus, the person responsible will have to undergo a new trial to see if the death penalty is established again, although he will remain in prison “with the only pending question of whether the Government will end his life.”
Tsarnaev was convicted of killing three people and injuring 264 with two explosive devices that exploded on April 15, 2013 in Boston.
Three days later, he and his older brother, Tamerlan, 26, killed a police officer, robbed a car at gunpoint, and dropped bombs on the agents chasing them, prompting a search and seizure operation that led to the closure of most of Boston.
– SOURCE: Europa Press–
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