Boston bomber: Barrett asks DOJ lawyer why Biden admin wants to reinstate death sentence amid execution pause
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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointed out irony in the fact the Biden administration is defending the death sentence of the Boston Bomber just months after issuing an execution moratorium.
Barrett said that if the Biden administration gets its way, Tsarnaev would be "relegated to living under threat of a death sentence that the government doesn't plan to carry out."
Feigin responded that circumstances could shift because a reinstated death penalty would not be the end of litigation or activity on Tsarnaev's case. Plus, he said, the courts should respect the judgment of the jury that sentenced the terrorist to death even if the party in power does not necessarily agree with the idea of the death penalty and might not immediately carry out the sentence.