This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Even The Oakland A&#8217;s Are Leading California
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/even-the-oakland-as-are-leaving-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oakland Athletics</a>, one of the MLB’s most iconic franchises, announced this week that it has purchased land in Las Vegas, Nevada, after searching and failing to find land for a new stadium in Oakland.
Oakland’s team president Dave Kaval said in a statement that “Oakland has been a great home for us for over 50 years, but we really need this 20-year saga completed and we feel there’s a path here in Southern Nevada.” The move has the full support of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, while Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao strongly condemned the decision. The A’s lease at its current stadium ends after the 2024 season.
Twitter Begins Removing Blue Checkmarks
Twitter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-takes-away-blue-check-verification-from-celebrities-and-news-outlets-confusion-and-hilarity-ensue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began removing</a> blue check marks Thursday from users who don’t pay for them, including some very high-profile users. Twitter had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue-check system — many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures. But late Thursday morning, many of the checks began disappearing from these users’ profiles.
Woman Runs Marathon Five Months After Waking From Coma
A 35-year-old woman from Oklahoma <a href="https://www.today.com/health/woman-ran-boston-marathon-after-brain-injury-rcna80209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">completed</a> the Boston Marathon on Monday just five months after waking from a coma. Rachel Foster suffered a nearly fatal scooter accident in November, resulting in a 10-day coma. Foster reportedly woke up just one day before doctors planned to pull the plug on her life support. Foster had to relearn basic motor skills, including relearning to walk, but was able to run in time for the April marathon event.
“It really was a miracle. I should not be alive right now, and I definitely should not be running a marathon,&#8221; she said.
Federal Court Overturns California City&#8217;s Ban On Gas Stove
A federal appeals court has <a href="https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/04/19/berkeley-gas-stove-ban-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturned</a> a California city’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction. The court on Monday agreed with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it approved the ordinance. With some exceptions, the 2020 measure sought to ban new residential and commercial buildings from installing natural gas piping in favor of electrical lines.
<a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://onelink.to/dwapp" data-sk="tooltip_parent">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP</a>
Gathering Of Kyles In Kyle, Texas, Could Break Record
And, the city of <a href="https://www.insider.com/texas-city-kyles-fair-break-guinness-world-record-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyle, Texas</a>, is hoping to break the Guinness World Record for the largest same-name gathering. Organizers are calling all Kyles to the city on Sunday, May 21. Reportedly, there just needs to be more than 2,325 Kyles in Kyle at 4:00 p.m. that day. The same-name record has been held since 2017 by an event in Bosnia with a total of 2,325 participants named Ivan.
<div class="css-j7qwjs">
<div id="post-body-text">
<div class="e1nzmkc90 css-15jw47d">
To listen to the audio version of this podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morning-wire/id1576594336" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
</div>
</div>
</div>

Friday

Friday Afternoon Update: Oakland A’s Ditch California, Court Strikes Down Local Gas Stove Ban, And More

Friday Afternoon Update: Oakland A's Ditch California, Court Strikes Down Local Gas Stove Ban, And More

Boston Marathon

Federal Government

General

Morning Wire

Oakland

Podcast

Texas

Twitter

U.S.

The attorney for the surviving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston-bomber" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Marathon bomber</a> asked a federal court Tuesday to overturn his client’s death sentence because of juror misconduct during the trial.
The Boston bomber and his brother killed three people and injured hundreds more with two bombs planted near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013. The brother died after a shootout with police, but the surviving bomber was tracked down and taken into custody.
The Boston Marathon bomber’s attorney, Daniel Habib, is now asking a federal appeals court to intervene and throw out the death sentence first handed down by a federal jury in 2015 and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-reinstates-death-sentence-for-boston-marathon-bomber" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reimposed</a> by the Supreme Court last year. Habib told the First Circuit Court of Appeals that his client’s sentence should be lifted because of issues the Supreme Court did not consider in its March 2022 ruling, such as two jurors accused of lying during jury selection, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/massachusetts-state-government-legal-proceedings-crime-boston-f32276fbfccb77fca2a08ae831d7f4df" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
Habib said that one juror claimed to not have posted on social media about the bomber, but had shared a post calling the defendant a “piece of garbage.” Another juror had claimed that none of his Facebook friends had posted about the trial, but one friend had pushed the juror to “play the part” to get on the jury and convict the defendant.
Justice Department attorney William Glaser admitted inaccurate statements by some jurors, but said no evidence suggests the jurors acted in bad faith.
“There is no indication in this record that the inaccuracies were the kind of knowing dishonesty that would lead to disqualification,” Glaser said, according to the AP.
The First Circuit judges appeared to entertain Habib’s argument. “Don’t we need to know why it was inaccurate before we know whether it was evidence of some bias or an innocent mistake?” Judge William Kayatta said, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/court-appears-open-boston-marathon-bombers-new-challenge-death-sentence-2023-01-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
The Boston Marathon bomber was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-verdict-boston-marathan-bombing-trial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> of 30 charges after a 2015 trial in which his legal team made a minimal effort to defend him. The defense attorney admitted his client’s guilt to some of the charges and called just four witnesses who together gave five hours of testimony. Prosecutors called 92 witnesses who testified over course of 15 days.
The First Circuit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-court-overturns-death-sentence-for-boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokhar-tsarnaev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturned</a> the bomber’s death sentence in 2020. The defendant’s legal team had at the time pushed for the jury’s verdict to be overturned as well.
“This case should not have been tried in Boston. [The bomber] admitted heinous crimes, but even so — perhaps especially so — this trial demanded scrupulous adherence to the requirements of the Constitution and federal law. Again and again this trial fell short,” the bomber’s legal team said.

Boston Marathon bombing memorial

Federal Court Weighs Overturning Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber

Boston

Boston Bomber

Terrorism

The Boston Marathon has added new guidelines for 2023 that will allow runners to register as &#8220;non-binary athletes.&#8221;
The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) shared the announcement on Monday as registration opened for next year&#8217;s race.
&#8220;The Boston Athletic Association is currently working on expanding opportunities for non-binary athletes at our events, including the upcoming 2023 Boston Marathon. While we do not currently have qualifying standards for nonbinary athletes, we are working on ways nonbinary participants are accepted into the event,&#8221; the BAA <a href="https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/qualify" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on its registration page.
&#8220;Non-binary athletes who have completed a marathon as a non-binary participant during the current qualifying window (September 1, 2021 through September 16, 2022) may submit an entry application into the 2023 Boston Marathon between September 12-16, 2022,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Entry into the event will be determined by an athlete’s submitted time and based on the Boston Marathon’s overall field size limit. The Boston Marathon registration application will feature the option to select non-binary in regards to gender.&#8221;
The youngest age group for the race, 18 to 34-year-olds, requires that non-binary runners must have achieved a <a href="https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/qualify" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">marathon time</a> of three hours and 30 minutes or faster from September 2021 until now. The time increases slightly for each age group, in each case matching the qualifying times for women in the marathon.
The option could give biological males who identify as non-binary an advantage in qualifying for the event. Men&#8217;s qualifying times are lower for the Boston Marathon, with 18- to 34-year-old men requiring a qualifying mark of three hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds, a full half-hour faster than the non-binary qualifying mark.
The change adds to the already growing controversy over gender identity in sports. Several states have passed laws in the past year to ban biological males from competing in girls and women&#8217;s sports.
However, the category of non-binary for a marathon competition marks another attempt to redefine gender in sports. While there is no advantage in the Boston Marathon for biological females who identify as male or non-binary, biological males could greatly benefit in qualifying for the race under the new category.
The Philadelphia Distance Run was reportedly the first large American race to offer a non-binary division, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/boston-marathon-include-nonbinary-athletes-2023-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> a report by Fox News.
Jake Fedorowski, a board member for the LGBTQ+ running group the Seattle Frontrunners, reportedly pushed the Boston Marathon to create qualifying times for non-binary runners.
“I’m constantly advocating for races to treat the nonbinary division as no more and no less than the other divisions,” Fedorowksi <a href="https://19thnews.org/2022/09/nonbinary-boston-marathon-runners-rules/?utm_campaign=19th-social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Nikki Hiltz, who identifies as a non-binary runner, praised the move by the BAA to add the non-binary option.
&#8220;There’s still so much work to be done but I’m thrilled that nonbinary runners are being acknowledged by the Boston Marathon and @BAA,&#8221; Hiltz tweeted.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
There’s still so much work to be done but I’m thrilled that nonbinary runners are being acknowledged by the Boston Marathon and <a href="https://twitter.com/BAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BAA</a> 👏 <a href="https://t.co/1fIvaAP2L6">https://t.co/1fIvaAP2L6</a>
&mdash; Nikki Hiltz (@Nikki_Hiltz) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nikki_Hiltz/status/1569480740823515138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Boston Marathon Adds New Guidelines For ‘Non-Binary Athletes’

LGBTQ

nonbinary

Sports

Transgender Athletes

The sports world continues to shun Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions. 
On Wednesday, the Boston Athletic Association announced that Russian and Belarusian citizens who reside in either country will not be allowed to compete in the 2022 Boston Marathon. 
“The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today that Russians and Belarusians, who were accepted into the 2022 Boston Marathon or 2022 B.A.A. 5K as part of the open registration process and are currently residing in either country, will no longer be allowed to compete in either event,” the B.A.A <a href="https://www.baa.org/baa-policy-russian-and-belarusian-athletes">said</a> in a statement on its website.
“Russian and Belarusian citizens, who were accepted into the 2022 Boston Marathon or 2022 B.A.A. 5K as part of the open registration process but are not residents of either country, will be able to compete,” the statement <a href="https://www.baa.org/baa-policy-russian-and-belarusian-athletes">continued</a>. “These athletes, however, will not be able to run under the flag of either country.”
Following Vladamir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the sports world quickly reacted by banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in events around the globe. 
In early March, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) reversed an earlier decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. 
“The war has now come to these Games, and behind the scenes many governments are having an influence on our cherished event,” IPC President Andrew Parsons said Thursday according to <a href="https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33410388/russian-belarusian-athletes-banned-winter-paralympic-games">ESPN</a>. “We were trying to protect the Games from war.”
Parson said delegations threatened to boycott the games if Russia and Belarus were allowed to participate. 
“In the last 12 hours an overwhelming number of members have been in touch with us and been very open, for which I am grateful,” Parsons <a href="https://www.paralympic.org/news/ipc-decline-athlete-entries-rpc-and-npc-belarus-beijing-2022">said</a>. “They have told us that if we do not reconsider our decision, it is now likely to have grave consequences for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. Multiple NPCs, some of which have been contacted by their governments, teams and athletes, are threatening not to compete.ll boycott, will not participate.”
Also in March, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced that skaters from Russia and Belarus will not be “invited or allowed to participate in International ice skating competitions including ISU Championships and other ISU events.” 
“The ISU Council reiterates its solidarity with all those affected by the conflict in Ukraine and our thoughts are with the entire Ukrainian people and country,” the union <a href="https://www.isu.org/media-centre/press-releases/2022-4/27825-isu-statement-on-the-ukrainian-crisis-01-03-2022/file">said</a> in a statement. “The ISU Council reaffirms its full solidarity with the ISU Members in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Speed Skating Federation and the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation.”
On Wednesday, the B.A.A. stated that while non-residents of either Russia or Belarus will be able to compete, they will not be allowed to run under their countries flag. 
“Like so many around the world, we are horrified and outraged by what we have seen and learned from the reporting in Ukraine,” <a href="https://www.baa.org/baa-policy-russian-and-belarusian-athletes">said</a> President &amp; CEO of the B.A.A. Tom Grilk. “We believe that running is a global sport, and as such, we must do what we can to show our support to the people of Ukraine.”
The Boston Marathon takes place on Monday, April 18. 
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.

2021 Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon Bans Residents Of Russia And Belarus

Belarus

Russia

On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the death sentence for the surviving Boston Marathon bomber must be reimposed after a federal appeals court voided it.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-reimposes-death-sentence-boston-marathon-bomber-rcna18450">reported</a> that &#8220;the 6-3 decision rejected defense claims that the judge at [the bomber&#8217;s] 2015 trial improperly restricted the questioning of prospective jurors and was wrong to exclude evidence of a separate crime two years before the bombing.&#8221;
In 2013, two brothers — immigrants from Chechnya turned Islamic extremist radicals — detonated a homemade bomb at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts. The blast killed three and injured hundreds more.
The Boston Marathon occurs each year, typically on the state holiday Patriots&#8217; Day, and is attended by thousands of people, many from around the world. The attack shocked the state and the nation, and led to a manhunt throughout Boston&#8217;s suburbs.
During that search, one brother was struck by a bullet and pronounced dead at a local hospital. The surviving brother attempted to flee, hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown, Massachusetts, before authorities located and arrested him.
After being found guilty and sentenced to death, the bomber&#8217;s attorney argued that while he did act as an accomplice, &#8220;he was easily manipulated by his brother, who they called the mastermind,&#8221; NBC News reported. The bomber&#8217;s legal counsel also argued the judge in the original case acted improperly in several ways:
<blockquote>
A three-judge panel of the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-court-overturns-death-sentence-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston-marathon-bomber-n1235528" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit </a>ordered a new sentencing hearing, ruling unanimously that U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. failed to allow enough questioning of potential jurors about how closely they followed extensive news coverage of the bombings.
The appeals court also said the judge should have allowed [the bomber&#8217;s] lawyers to bring up a 2011 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/father-slain-man-linked-boston-bombing-suspect-maintains-sons-innocence-flna6c10058914" target="_blank" rel="noopener">triple homicide </a>in the Boston suburb of Waltham that investigators suspected was committed by [the elder bomber]. The defense wanted to use the earlier crime to show that the younger [bomber] was dominated by his violent older brother and therefore was less responsible for the bombings, because of his influence. 
</blockquote>
Yet, the Justice Department under both Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden argued that the death sentence was appropriate and that the earlier evidence purportedly showing a pattern of violent abuse from the older brother should be inadmissible.
&#8220;The Justice Department said the evidence of who committed the Waltham killings was unreliable,&#8221; NBC News reported. &#8220;[The older bomber] and another man suspected of having been at the crime scene were both dead by the time of the bombing trial, so there was no way to know for certain what happened.
Likewise, the DOJ &#8220;argued that holding a new sentencing hearing would further traumatize the Boston community,&#8221; according to NBC. Attorney General Merrick Garland has placed a moratorium on executions but did not apply that order in this case.
Now, [the bomber] will sit on death row at a Colorado maximum-security prison.

Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber

Death Penalty

Death Row

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Watertown Police Sergeant Jeff Pugliese, the officer known for tackling the Boston marathon bomber to the ground, retired from the force after 41 years. 
Pugliese discussed the important role of police work and how much he loved his job. His retirement is a mandatory one, as Massachusetts requires police officers to retire at the end of the month in which they reach 65 years of age.
“I look forward to going to work,” he told <a href="https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/05/31/watertown-police-sergeant-jeff-pugliese-retires-41-years-boston-marathon-tamerlan-tsarnaev/">WBZ-TV</a>. “It’s exciting and you get to help a lot of people…It’s incredible.” 
He said policing is “the finest profession in the world to have.” 
“He can’t work anymore as a police officer. It’s mandatory retirement. So it is what it is,” his wife, Connie, said. “It will be great to have him home more often. It’s important that he’s happy.”
Pugliese grew up in Watertown where his father was a Watertown Police detective. He said, “I knew I wanted to do this when I was about 16 years old. I decided I wanted to be a police officer.”
Pugliese enlisted in the United States Army at age 17, entering the service when he was 18 years old. He served as a military police officer and was stationed in Germany where he met his wife. They later moved to Massachusetts together.
Pugliese says that the day he got the call that he would be appointed as a police officer was the most exciting day of his career, per the <a href="https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/05/31/watertown-police-sergeant-jeff-pugliese-retires-41-years-boston-marathon-tamerlan-tsarnaev/">local outlet.</a> It would be almost 34 years later that he’d become a national hero when he assisted in taking down two terrorists.
The outlet reported that soon after the suspects of the Boston Marathon Bombing &#8220;sped into Watertown in a stolen SUV (and after killing MIT Police Officer Sean Collier), Pugliese found himself face-to-face with [one of the brothers].” 
“We were just six feet, maybe seven feet apart. The only thing separating us was a four-foot chain link fence. We were exchanging gun fire and his gun, now we know it ran out of ammunition but, at the time we didn’t know if it jammed,” he said. “He stopped. He literally took the gun, looked at me, we made eye contact, and then he threw the gun at me and hit me in the shoulder with it. I holstered up and chased after him and tackled him.”
One of the brothers then raced toward Pugliese and two other law enforcement officers in an SUV. Pugliese pulled the other suspect to save him from getting hit by the car.
“I felt the breeze of that car go by my face. It missed my face by inches,” he said.
The brother in the car ran over his older brother, who was later pronounced dead at the hospital. 
“It does have an affect on you,” Pugliese said. “You think how lucky you were to survive it. It’s just very difficult to put into words.” 
WBZ-TV reported:
<blockquote>He says policing has changed dramatically over the course of his career. More social work on the job, more domestic violence situations (physical and verbal) and a smaller Watertown PD staff.
But what has not changed is Pugliese’s sense of duty, his pride and his sense of connection to the community. He says he will miss driving around and talking with people and the camaraderie at Watertown PD.</blockquote>
&#8220;He received a Congressional Badge of Bravery for his heroic work during the Marathon bombing,&#8221; <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/best-tv-brands/34534070">said</a> Watertown police Chief Michael Lawn. &#8220;He also received the Trooper George Hanna Medal of Honor, which is the highest honor you can receive in Massachusetts in the police field.” 
On <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/2015/02/11/vice-president-biden-host-medal-valor-ceremony-attorney-general-holder">February 11, 2015</a>, then-Vice President Joe Biden hosted a Medal of Valor ceremony with then-Attorney General Eric Holder to honor several members of law enforcement, including Pugliese. 
Pugliese <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/watertown-police-sgt-jeffrey-pugliese-standoff-hero-retires/36587588">told</a> WCVB, “The best part of being a police officer is getting out there and helping people, saving lives,” adding, “It’s because of all these police officers – not just in Watertown, but everywhere in the world – people sleep soundly in their beds at night because there are police officers willing to sacrifice their lives for them.&#8221;
The retirement celebration included a video message from Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons, who portrayed Pugliese in the 2016 film “Patriots Day.”
“I’m the only guy in Hollywood good looking enough to portray you on screen,” Simmons <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ri-state-wire-boston-eedca3b5e88eaaf0fe581ba944bf93f9">said</a> in the video. “Thank you for teaching me how to shoot a gun and teaching me all kinds of things about the ropes of police work.”
Pugliese was asked what advice he would give to younger law enforcement officers. Without hesitating, he answered, “Be proud of the profession. Don’t dishonor the uniform. You’re there to help people, not hurt people.”
“I love this profession. I really do,” he said.

&lt;&gt; on February 11, 2015 in Washington, DC.

Heroic Sergeant Who Tackled Boston Marathon Bomber Retires, Gives Advice To Young Officers

Law Enforcement

The man who killed three people using an explosive device at the 2013 Boston Marathon is suing the federal government, claiming he is being mistreated in prison because his hat was confiscated and he’s only allowed three showers a week.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was on death row until his death sentenced was overturned last July in an appeal, is suing the federal government for $250,000, alleging he is being mistreated in prison, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/boston-lawsuits-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-6291406e4d86d029ae5b4d28d8cde16c?utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow">reported</a>. Tsarnaev filed a handwritten lawsuit on Monday calling his treatment at the prison where he is kept in Colorado “unlawful, unreasonable and discriminatory.”
Tsarnaev, now 26, specifically cited guards confiscating a white baseball hat and bandana, which he purchased at the prison commissary, and his limited showers per week, which he claims is resulting in “mental and physical decline.” He claimed the hat and bandana were taken “because, by wearing it, I was ‘disrespecting’ the FBI and the victims” who were killed as part of the bombing he carried out with his brother on April 15, 2013.
The hat Tsarnaev chose to wear was white, reminiscent of the hat he was photographed wearing while placing the bombs at the Boston Marathon. As the AP noted, law enforcement referred to him as “White Hat” during their investigation before learning his name.
The AP reported that the lawsuit was assigned to a judge, who immediately found it deficient because it lacked the $402 filing fee and a “certified copy of prisoner’s trust fund statement.”
The bombs set by Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 260 others. The attack prompted a massive manhunt that eventually identified the two brothers. When police approached them, they began shooting, and Tamerlan was killed. Dzhokhar fled in a nearby vehicle, running over his brother as he lay in the street. The younger Tsarnaev brother hid in a Massachusetts neighborhood for hours until a homeowner called police about suspicious noises coming from his boat, which was parked in his yard. Dzhokhar was discovered hiding in the boat and was taken into police custody.
He was convicted and sentenced to death, but that sentence was reduced to life in prison upon appeal, with a federal appeals court ruling that the jury for the trial had not been properly screened for potential biases.
The case sparked other lawsuits as well. The New York Post settled a lawsuit after it posted a picture of two men alleged to be the bombers. The two men were innocent, but their photos were spread as potential murderers. Conservative host Glenn Beck was also sued for defamation and slander after suggesting one of the victims was involved in the attack. The FBI was also sued by the family of a man – a friend of Tamerlan’s – who was killed during the investigation. The friend was killed after allegedly attacking an FBI agent during an interrogation.
In addition to the lawsuits, the case became a black eye for Rolling Stone Magazine when it featured Dzhokhar on its cover, appearing to glorify the bomber.

Boston Marathon Bomber Suing Federal Government For Alleged Prison Mistreatment After His Hat Is Taken Away

A U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday.
Tsarnaev petitioned the First U.S. Court of Appeals in December 2019 to overturn his death sentence, arguing that his trial never should have taken place in Boston. Tsarnaev pleaded guilty to setting a bomb that killed three and injured hundreds of others at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.
“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 consistent with the opinion issued this day,” the Friday ruling said, according to Boston’s <a href="https://whdh.com/news/united-states-court-of-appeals-overturns-death-sentence-for-boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/">WHDH</a>.
Tsarnaev’s lawyers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-marathon-bomber-wants-death-sentence-overturned-because-trial-was-held-in-boston">filed</a> a petition on Dec. 12 requesting a new sentencing trial claiming that the jury in Tsarnaev’s case was biased against him and violated his Constitutional right to a fair trial.
“This case should not have been tried in Boston. Tsarnaev admitted heinous crimes, but even so — perhaps especially so — this trial demanded scrupulous adherence to the requirements of the Constitution and federal law. Again and again this trial fell short,” Tsarnaev’s attorneys argued. “Fresh proceedings — in an unaffected community, before honest and unbiased jurors, who know that the bombings were [Dzhokar’s] first violent crimes but not Tamerlan’s — present a real prospect of a different outcome. This verdict is unworthy of confidence and this Court should reverse.”
The defense <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/boston-marathon-bomber-appeals-death-penalty-11576152005">pointed out</a> two jurors specifically as unfairly biased against him. One juror had failed to disclose tweets she had made praising police and critical of Tsarnaev in the wake of the bombing. Another juror answered friends’ questions about the jury selection process over Facebook.
The government prosecutors working the case argued against granting the request, asserting that “Tsarnaev received a fair trial in Boston, and the district court didn’t abuse its discretion by refusing to move the trial elsewhere.” The prosecutors also said that the one juror likely misunderstood a questionnaire when she did not reveal her tweets. The other juror’s conversations on Facebook were not prohibited, the government argued.
Tsarnaev carried out the bomb plot with the help of his brother Tamerlan, who died in a shootout with police after the brothers fled.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-marathon-bomber-wants-death-sentence-overturned-because-trial-was-held-in-boston">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan used two homemade pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the race, killing three people and injuring several hundred others. 16 people lost limbs as a result of the bombings. During the manhunt for the brothers, the brothers killed MIT policeman Sean A. Collier, kidnapped a man in his car, and had a shootout with the police in Watertown, where they shot and severely wounded two officers, one of whom, Boston Police Department officer Dennis Simmonds, was injured by a hand grenade and died in April 2014.
As <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/us/boston-marathon-bombing-developments.html?hp&amp;pagewanted=all">The New York Times</a> reported, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said he and his brother were motivated by radical Islamic beliefs. He added that the brothers learned to build explosive devices from the online magazine of Al Qaeada and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/authorities-tsarnaev-brothers-planned-attack-on-new-yorks-times-square/2013/04/25/5efc342c-add5-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html">admitted</a> they had plans to bomb Times Square.</blockquote>

Boston Marathon memorial

Federal Court Overturns Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Menu