Boston Marathon bomber still pursuing appeals over juror bias and judicial recusal

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Boston Marathon bomber still pursuing appeals over juror bias and judicial recusal Litigation in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case continues a decade after his conviction and death sentence.

Aug. 15, 2025, 3:23 PM EDT

By Jordan Rubin

When the Supreme Court reinstated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in 2022 , the Biden administration had a federal execution moratorium in place. But Tsarnaev was among the few capital defendants whose sentences then-President Joe Biden declined to commute to life in prison, so the prospect of the convicted Boston Marathon bomber’s execution looms after the Trump administration restored the death penalty this year.

But whether and when his execution could occur is unclear, because he’s still pressing legal challenges while incarcer