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Norden's two adult sons lost their right legs. Borgard sustained hearing loss and a brain injury. Yet they and others affected by the attack that killed three people and wounded more disagree about whether convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be executed - a question the U. Supreme Court will consider on Wednesday when the justices hear the U. But for me, I wanted it. Borgard, who also attended the trial, is against executions of anyone.

The Supreme Court is set to hear the federal government's appeal of a lower court ruling overturning Tsarnaev's death sentence and requiring a new trial to determine whether he should get life in prison instead. Two ethnic Chechen brothers carried out one of the most shocking attacks on U. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a gunbattle with police a few days after the April 15, , bombing. Dzhokar Tsarnaev is now behind bars at a high-security supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.

Tsarnaev was convicted on 30 charges, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction. The 1st Circuit upheld all but a few of the convictions. Prosecutors told jurors that the men carried out the attack to punish the United States for its wars in Muslim countries. They also pointed to social media posts from two jurors suggesting they harbored strong opinions even before the trial started. But U. Testimony lasts 15 days. Over the course of the trial, prosecutors call 92 witnesses; the defense calls four.

April 8, - After deliberating 11 and a half hours, the jury returns a guilty verdict on all 30 charges. May 15, - Tsarnaev is sentenced to death.

June 2, - Kadyrbayev, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who pleaded guilty in August , is sentenced to 72 months in prison for obstructing justice. June 5, - Tazhayakov is sentenced to three and a half years in prison for conspiring to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede the investigation. Phillipos is sentenced to three years in prison for making false statements to law enforcement in a terrorism investigation. June 24, - Tsarnaev is formally sentenced to death.

Addressing the court, he apologizes and admits he is guilty. December 22, - Stephen Silva, the man who loaned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the gun that was later used to kill an MIT officer, is sentenced to time served and three years supervised probation. May 19, - Tazhayakov is released from federal prison.

February 26, - Phillipos is released from a residential re-entry program, bringing an end to his federal prison term. August 29, - Kadyrbayev is released from federal prison and taken into ICE custody. He is deported October 23 and arrives in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on October December 27, - Attorneys for Tsarnaev appeal his death sentence, saying that Tsarnaev did not receive a fair trial.

They say it should have been held outside of the city where the crime was committed. July 31, - The appeals court vacates Tsarnaev's death sentence and rules he should be given a new penalty trial. The court also sets aside three of his 30 convictions but maintains he will remain in federal prison for the rest of his life.

December 17, - Attorneys for Tsarnaev file an opposition brief asking the US Supreme Court not to review an earlier appellate decision to vacate his death sentence.

The brief is filed in response to the US Department of Justice motion for a review of the federal appeals court decision that vacated the death penalty in July, citing jury selection issues and a failure to properly screen jurors for bias.

March 22, - The Supreme Court agrees to review a lower court opinion that vacated Tsarnaev's death sentence. In October , Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall urged the justices to take up the case, arguing the "victims, the potential jurors, the district court, the government and the nation" should not have to bear the burdens associated with having to reinstate the capital sentence. Image source, Boston Globe via Getty Images. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his elder brother Tamerlan planted bombs close to the finish line of the Boston Marathon on 15 April Rolling Stone defends Boston bomb suspect cover.

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