Tsarnaev’s lawyers, in a statement Thursday, asked the U.S. District Court of Appeals to consider four constitutional claims that were not accepted by the Supreme Court. His lawyers argued that the trial court “inappropriately” forced Tsarnaev to stand trial in Boston. allowed his “forced confession” to be accepted as evidence; he denied his provocations to two jurors who were accused of lying during interrogation. and fired a possible juror for opposing the death penalty. The appeal was made in response to Wednesday’s appeal by the appellate court to comply with the Supreme Court ruling to reinstate Tsarnaev’s execution sentence. “As these four claims for immediate appeal have not yet been heard by any appellate court, Tsarnaev respectfully argues that the decision of 6 April was erroneously registered and should be annulled,” the statement said. Prosecutors agreed that the four defense claims had not been resolved, but said in response that “the government believes that the defendant’s death sentences should be upheld.” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death after he planted a pressure cooker bomb and killed three people in the Boston Marathon in 2013.AP Photo / Elise Amendola, Archive The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tsarnaev’s death sentence by a 6-3 vote on March 4, after a federal appeals court overturned the sentence in July 2020, ruling that a judge had concealed inadequate evidence that Tsarnashev had been acquitted. his dying older brother. , Tamerlan Tsarnaev – who was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police a few days after the bombing. The U.S. District Court in Boston also cited possible jury bias over the media coverage report when it overturned Tsarnaev’s death sentence. The Biden government claimed that the appellate court made a mistake in rejecting the death sentence imposed by a juror for Tsarnaev’s role in placing two pressure cooker bombs that exploded near the marathon finish line in 2013. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured. The Supreme Court has previously ruled in favor of reinstating the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.AP Photo / Patrick Semansky, Archive “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes,” Judge Clarence Thomas wrote of the majority of the tribunal’s six conservative members. “The Sixth Amendment, however, ensured a fair trial before an impartial tribunal. He received one. “ Tsarnaev, 28, is currently being held in a federal high-security prison in Florence, Colorado. With Post cables
