It was updated on Mar 4, 2022, 10:59am.
The Supreme Court reversed an appeals court's decision to throw out the death sentence for the Boston Marathon bomber on Friday, in a 6-3 ruling.
The Boston Marathon bombing took place on April 15, 2013).
An appeals court threw out the death sentence for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in 2020 because they believed the court hadn't adequately screened the jury for bias.
The Supreme Court reversed the appeals court decision, siding with the federal government and ruling the district court did not abuse its discretion in how it conducted the trial and its ruling should not have been thrown out.
The court should have admitted evidence showing previous crimes Tamerlan had committed if they had decided not to give the death penalty to him.
In the court's majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that there was no evidence that Tamerlan acted as the leader who pressured Todashev into committing the crime.
The district court should have admitted the evidence against Tamerlan according to the liberals.
The Sixth Amendment guaranteed him a fair trial. He got one.
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