(CNN) A federal appeals court ruled on Friday to vacate the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who along with his brother planted homemade bombs near the finish of the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and injuring hundreds. The court also ruled to set aside three of his 30 convictions but said he will remain in federal prison for the rest of his life. The court ruled Tsarnaev should be given a new penalty phase trial, where a new set of jurors can again decide if he should be sentenced to death. Tsarnaev, now 27, will remain incarcerated and is being held at the nation's most secure federal prison in Florence, Colorado. Martin Richard, Tsarnaev was convicted in 2015, including for the deaths of Krystle Campbell Lingzi Lu at the marathon and police officer Sean Collier, separately.

Source: CNN July 31, 2020 20:25 UTC