Supreme Court appears likely to allow death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber.
During 90 minutes of courtroom argument Wednesday, few of the justices seem concerned about the judge's limit on questioning jurors. But some suggested they believe he was wrong to block evidence of the Waltham murder.
But Justice Department lawyer Eric Feigin said the evidence of who committed the Waltham murder was unreliable. Tamerlan and another man suspected to have been at the scene were both dead by the time of the trial."The investigation had hit the end of the road. There was no way to know what happened," he said.
Feigin also said allowing evidence of the older brother's involvement in a separate crime, with a different accomplice, in an apparent effort to get money, could be confusing and distracting to the jury. Many survivors of the bomb also support the death penalty for Tsarnaev. Marc Fucarile, who lost his right leg in the bombings, said of capital punishment,"It's there, and his actions call for it."
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