US supreme court reinstates death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

Court upholds Trump justice department's challenge to overturning of death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in 6-3 vote

The US supreme court on Friday reinstated the convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for his role in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, ruling in favor of the federal government.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices sided with the justice department's challenge to a 2020 lower court ruling that had upheld Tsarnaev's conviction but overturned his death sentence.