A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev while ordering a new penalty trial, finding that the trial judge hadn’t properly screened jurors for bias. The 27-year-old will remain behind bars for life, the ruling from the First Circuit Court of Appeals said, but the government would need to pursue another trial to determine whether he would be executed for his crimes. His legal team didn’t argue against his guilt for the deadly bombings, but focused on...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 31, 2020 21:06 UTC