The U.S. court of appeals overturned the death sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the terrorist attack at the Boston marathon, which occurred in 2013.

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It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the decision of the court.

“The death sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev paragraphs 4, 5, 9, 10 and 14 charges overturned, the case was transferred to the (lower) district court to conduct a new process at the stage of sentencing,” — said in the decision.

In December 2018 protection Tsarnaev appealed to the court of appeal with a request to cancel the death sentence.

In may 2015, a jury in the United States condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of the bombing during the Boston marathon, to death.

15 April 2013 at the finish line of the Boston marathon was a terrorist act. As a result of explosion three persons were lost, more than 200 were injured.