Court Orders Probe into Juror Bias in Tsarnaev's Case

The investigation could lead to a new trial on whether the Boston Marathon bomber should receive the death penalty.

A federal appeals court has ordered a judge to investigate claims of juror bias in the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case, potentially impacting his death sentence.
The investigation focuses on allegations that two jurors lied during jury selection, one of whom retweeted a post calling Tsarnaev a 'piece of garbage.'
The case, which has seen Tsarnaev's death sentence reinstated by the Supreme Court in 2022, could lead to a new penalty-phase trial depending on the investigation's outcome.
Despite a federal execution moratorium, the Justice Department continues to support upholding Tsarnaev's death sentence.
Tsarnaev, convicted for his role in the 2013 bombing that killed three and injured hundreds, will remain in prison for life regardless of the death sentence review.