Prosecutors have announced that they won’t challenge a federal appeals court ruling regarding possible juror bias in the death penalty case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Defense lawyers for Tsarnaev are fighting to get his death penalty sentence overturned, arguing bias over questionable social media posts made by two people who sat on the jury that convicted him for his role in the bombing that killed three people and injured hundreds near the marathon’s finish line in 2013. The appeals court recently ordered the judge who oversaw Tsarnaev’s trial to investigate the defense’s claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand.
Federal prosecutors will not challenge an appeals court ruling in the case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, requiring a hearing into defense claims of juror bias at his death penalty trial.
A garden and fountain in the center of Medford that honors the four victims who died during and in the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings have sat lifeless the last several years.
Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s inmate trust account currently contains more than $4,000, according to federal court papers filed Tuesday.