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Appeals court overturns death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

By Madison Dibble, Jerry Dunleavy
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Appeals court overturns death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted for the Boston Marathon bombing more than eight years ago.

The court on Friday ordered a lower-court judge to hold a new trial to determine what penalty Tsarnaev should receive. Tsarnaev’s conviction was not changed in the ruling.

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