Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Restore Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence

In this courtroom sketch, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, right, and defense attorney Judy Clarke are depicted watching evidence displayed on a monitor during his federal death penalty trial in Boston on March 9, 2015. Jane Flavell Collins via AP

The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence against the Boston Marathon bomber even though President Joe Biden promised on the campaign trail last year to abolish capital punishment.

The Supreme Court agreed March 22 to hear the government’s appeal. Oral arguments are expected in the court’s new term that begins in October.