EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

EXPLAINER: What's the status of the US death penalty?

The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended with a split among jurors, meaning the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in a New York City will be spared

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Editorial: When death is deserving: Terrorist Sayfullo Saipov’s fate is now before the jury

The same 12 New Yorkers who quickly convicted terrorist Sayfullo Saipov last month of all 28 federal counts against him for murdering eight people on the Hudson River Park bike path on Halloween 2017 will now decide if he should be put to death or locked away forever.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023

EXPLAINER: Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty

President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Tsarnaev prison canteen cash leads to DOJ get-tough memo

A Justice Department memo urges prosecutors to push harder for restitution after complaints swirled that killers and sexual predators were ducking the bills while behind bars.

Boston Herald · Dec 6, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Republicans keep harping on inflation, but don't have any answers for it

Even if you didn't know from your household accounts that inflation has been running hot this year, your local Republican officeholders and candidates would make sure it wasn't a secret.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 2, 2022

An unsolved triple murder and the journalist who wouldn’t stop digging: Did one of the Boston bombers kill before?

A new documentary re-investigates the murders of three men in Waltham, Massachusetts on 11 September 2011. Clémence Michallon speaks to journalist Susan Zalkind, who asks: “If police investigated this case thoroughly, would they have prevented the Boston marathon bombing?”

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Boston Marathon bomber again tries to avoid execution

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is again trying to avoid execution, asking the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to consider four constitutional claims not taken up when his death sentence appeal went to the Supreme Court last month

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

If Biden Is Serious About Ending the Death Penalty, He Should Start Commuting Sentences

A Supreme Court ruling restoring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentence and a congressional logjam makes it clear that only he can keep his campaign promise.

Reason · Mar 7, 2022

SCOTUS on Boston bomber: death penalty

Death sentence reimposed despite moratorium on federal executions

Salon · Mar 4, 2022

Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber

The Supreme Court decided on a 6–3 vote for the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 4, 2022