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US Appeals Court overturns Boston Marathon killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence
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[UPDATED] BREAKING: US appeals court overturns Boston Marathon killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence

Killed at least three, injured hundreds

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence, Reuters reported Friday.

Tsarnaev was sentenced to death in 2015 for his part in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which took the lives of at least three people and seriously injured hundreds more.

A new trial is set to take place to determine a new sentence for Tsarnaev.

Reuters reported:

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death penalty sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack, which killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld much of Tsarnaev's conviction but ordered a lower-court judge to hold a new trial strictly over what penalty Tsarnaev should receive for the death-penalty-eligible crimes he was convicted of.

An entry submitted in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit read, "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's convictions on Counts 13, 15, and 18 are reversed, and the district court is directed to enter a judgment of acquittal on those counts. Dzhohkar Tsarnaev's death sentences on Counts 4, 5, 9, 10, and 14 are vacated, and the matter is remanded to the district court with directions to hold a new penalty-phase trial."

Update, 7/31/2020, 4:45 PM ET:

Judges said that Tsarnaev will still remain in prison for the rest of his life, according to Boston's WYCN-TV.

"[M]ake no mistake: Dzhokhar will spend his remaining days locked up in prison, with the only matter remaining being whether he will die by execution," the judges said.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston told the station that they are currently reviewing the opinion.

This is a developing story and will be updated as events warrant.

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