Boston bomber Tsarnaev’s death sentence appeal to be heard by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced Monday that they will hear federal prosecutors' appeal to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

"A core promise of our criminal-justice system is that even the very worst among us deserves to be fairly tried and lawfully punished — a point forcefully made by the then-U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts during a presser at the trial's end," the First Circuit Court of Appeals said in their ruling at the time. The death sentence had originally been sought by the Obama administration, and the appeal was filed by the Trump administration. It remains to be seen what the Biden administration will do. During his campaign, he said he would work toward ending federal executions, although he did not indicate how. Since taking office, Biden has not addressed the issue and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News' question on the matter.