Boston Marathon bombing

A federal appeals court has agreed to give prosecutors another month to decide their next step after the court tossed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week said prosecutors can have until Sept. 14 to file a petition asking the full court to rehear the case. The government’s petition was...

President Donald Trump sounded off Sunday on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling overturning Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. “Death penalty!” Trump tweeted on Sunday morning. “He killed and badly wounded many. Justice!” Trump expounded on his statement a bit more in a Facebook post, saying “Rarely has anybody deserved the death...

Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings tell NBC10 Boston they’re disappointed by the decision, and legal experts say it likely means another long and painful court battle is ahead.

A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether the 27-year-old Tsarnaev should be executed for the attack...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence has been tossed out after a federal appeals court said the judge did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.

In a stunning ruling, the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The federal appeals court also ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether the 27-year-old Tsarnaev should be executed for the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260…

A court has overturned the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev, ordering a new penalty-phase trial.

Despite social distancing, the Old South Church’s bells still rang at 2:49 p.m. to commemorate those lost during the Boston Marathon bombings.

One Boston Day will take place on April 15, the seventh anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. But this year, the annual celebration will look different due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Since 2015, One Boston Day has been an opportunity to celebrate the strength of the Boston community that was demonstrated after the attack in 2013, according to the…

The Boston Marathon bomber’s lawyers urged a federal court to overturn their client’s death sentence, arguing Thursday that intense media coverage and signs of juror bias led to an unfair trial. The three-judge panel didn’t render a decision after hearing from both sides for about an hour each.  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of all 30 charges against him,...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorneys say he did not get a fair trial for the deadly Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent shootout.

Attorneys for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will appear before a federal judge to plead for a new trial and to have their client’s death sentence overturned.

Court weighs whether Boston Marathon bomber got a fair trial

The memorial to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing is complete. Three stone pillars representing the three victims who died at the race’s Boylston Street finish line were installed early Monday, marking the final step of the $2 million project, which took four years to plan and develop. The monument was supposed to be ready last year for the fifth anniversary...

A memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 is taking shape. Crews began installing eight pillars that form the nucleus of the memorial Wednesday morning in Boston near the finish line of race on Boylston Street.

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia is set to marry the firefighter who rescued her....
According to the New York Post, Sdoia and Mike Materia got engaged during a trip to Nantucket in December, according to the Associated Press, and are planning a fall wedding....
Sdoia was watching the marathon in April 2013 when a bomb went off just feet away from...

The makers of “Patriots Day” are taking heat for failing to mention late Boston police officer Dennis “D.J.” Simmonds in the film about the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath.

Necn’s Alysha Palumbo and Daily Beast reporter Susan Zalkind joined necn to discuss Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family testifying for the defense in his death penalty trial.