Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the judge who oversaw the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to examine defense claims of jury bias and decide whether a death sentence should stand. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit did not overturn Tsarnaev’s death sentence. His […]