The US Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to confirm the death penalty for the man of the Chechen origin of Johahar Tsarnaev, the organizer of the terrorist attack at the Marathon in Boston in 2013. It is reported by the NBC TV channel.
Court will consider this request closer to autumn, and the decision on the fate of the Chechen terrorist, most likely will be made in the summer of 2022. It is noted that the administration of the previous US president Donald Trump offered still to execute Tsarnaev in 2020. The administration of Joe Biden repeated this request, although in the presidential campaign Democrat spoke against the death penalty.
Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 points of charge in the case of the explosion at the Boston Marathon. The jury jury decided on the death penalty for Tsarnaev. However, the protection of the terrorist filed an appeal due to possible prejudice from the jury, the cause of which was called coverage of the terrorist attack in the media. The court canceled the execution of Tsarnaev, but left more than 20 lifelong deadlines, which he also received in connection with the attack.
As a result of explosions at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, three people were killed, more than 260 were injured. The intelligence agencies found that brothers Tamerlan and Johar Tsarnaev are suspects are suspected of committing a crime. In the course of the persecution, they entered a shootout with the police, Tamerlan received a fatal injury, and Johar was detained.