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DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Reinstate Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

HeadlineJun 18, 2021

Advocates for abolishing the death penalty are calling out the hypocrisy of the Biden administration after the Justice Department requested the Supreme Court reinstate the execution of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite Biden’s pledge on the campaign trail to work toward eliminating federal capital punishment.

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