Where is tsarnaev now

No one has ever escaped the jail since it was built in the late s, and it is one of the highest security complexes in the world. A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said at the time "unique security management requirements" caused the agency to place Tsarnaev in Colorado instead of United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, where male death-row inmates are normally held.

The Boston Marathon bombing took place on April 15, Tsarnaev, now 27, was convicted of dozens of crimes in the terror attack that left three people dead and injured more than others, including 17 who lost limbs. Tsarnaev was convicted of joining his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in planting two pressure-cooker bombs at the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon.

MIT campus police officer, Sean Collier, 26, was fatally shot in a shoot-out with the brothers days later that also left Tamerlan dead. During the trial, Tsarnaev's lawyers didn't deny his involvement in the bombings, however they said he was easily manipulated by his "mastermind" brother. A three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the judge failed to allow enough questioning of potential jurors about how extensively they followed media coverage of the bombings.

The page opinion said long-standing court decisions require a judge handling a high profile case to let defense lawyers ask prospective jurors extensive questions about the kind and degree of their exposure to media coverage.

As a result of the ruling, Tsarnaev must be given a new sentencing hearing, although his conviction stands. A spokeswoman for Boston's U. Attorney, Andrew Lelling, said the office is reviewing the decision and will have more to say "in the coming days and weeks.

But they said he was easily manipulated by his brother, whom they called the mastermind. 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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