Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

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The Federal U.S. court of appeals overturned the death sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the bombing at the Boston marathon in 2013, in which three people were killed, more than 260 were injured

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The Federal U.S. court of appeals overturned the death sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the bombing at the Boston marathon in 2013 which killed three people, including an eight year old boy, more than 260 were injured. The court found that during the first trial in 2015, held in Boston, was not properly conducted the selection of an impartial jury.

The court of appeal said that the attack was widespread coverage in the media, which showed shocking footage of the aftermath of the explosion. The judge, if jury selection has not established that they have already read and seen about the tragedy. Thus, the jury were those who have already formed an opinion about the guilt of Tsarnaev, writes AP.

In the end, all three judges of the court of appeal decided that the death penalty should Tsarnaev be cancelled. One of the judges in a separate opinion, concurring with this conclusion, noted that the case should not be heard in Boston.

The appellate court also acquitted three of Tsarnaev’s charges and referred his case for a new trial in the lower district court. The O. Roidery judge Thompson in his ruling stressed that “Dzhokhar spending the rest of his life in prison. The only question is whether he will be executed.”

Protection Tsarnaev thanked the court for “a simple and fair solution,” noting that now the government must decide whether to expose the victims of the terrorist attack and the Boston re-process or write to Tsarnaev a life sentence without possibility of escape to freedom.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers did not dispute his guilt, but wanted to save him from the death penalty, trying to prove that the initiator and the organizer of the attack was the elder brother of Dzhokhar, Tamerlan, who was killed in a shootout with police several days after the events in Boston. The defense insisted that tsarnaev Jr. was under the strong influence of his brother.

Now Dzhokhar tsarnaev is contained in a protected prison in Colorado. The US President Donald trump, speaking in Florida, described the decision of the court of appeal “ridiculous,” noting that “the beast” (tsarnaev) was killed during the marathon “a lot of people.” Trump also took the chance to criticize his rival for the election of Democrat Joe Biden, saying that he “opposes the death penalty even for murderers of police officers and children.”

Dancer adriana Haslet, who lost his legs as a result of the Boston terrorist attack, expressed outrage at the abolition of the death penalty Tsarnaev. “This terrorist admitted his guilt in the crimes committed against our country. He admitted a man who gave evidence in court that together with his brother planned to travel to new York to stage the explosions,” wrote Haslam in his Instagram. She added that tsarnaev posed a threat to all and must be executed.

Dzhokhar tsarnaev was found guilty on 30 charges, 17 counts he faced the death penalty. On the process of 2015 for capital punishment expressed by all the members of the jury. If at least one was against Tsarnaev be sentenced to life imprisonment.