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Review of 2 jurors in Boston Marathon bomber case ordered. Could it lead to a new trial?
Possible juror bias is at the center of a federal appeals court ruling that remands Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case back to U.S. District Court for further examination. The First Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Tsarnaev’s attorneys in a 2-1 decision that two of the 12 deliberating jurors involved in sentencing Tsarnaev to death may have lied...
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Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Tsarnaev case
Appeals court orders judge to probe Boston marathon bomber’s claims of juror bias, death sentence remains intact.
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DOJ Memo Pushes Prosecutors to Get Tougher Restitution From Convicted Killers, Sex Offenders
A memo from the U.S. Department of Justice has called on prosecutors to push for stricter restitution, amid concerns that convicts weren’t paying up, according to the Boston Herald. Included among those concerns is Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose canteen amount had surpassed $20,000, according to the Herald. “Prosecutors should request that sentencing courts order that restitution be...