The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday (22) to accept the appeal of the Department of Justice under former President Trump, will consider resentencing the 2013 Boston Marathon serial bombers Jauhar to death. This is seen as a “test” for President Joe Biden, who advocates abolishing the death penalty.
Jauhar was originally sentenced to death in 2015, but a federal appeals court in Boston last July reversed the death sentence and commuted it to Life in prison on the grounds that jurors were biased and the defendant was denied a fair trial. The Justice Department then appealed for a new review of the ruling, and then Secretary Barr said at the Time that he hoped to decide whether to accept it before the Supreme Court justices were replaced, and the Supreme Court did not announce its decision until Monday.
Biden campaigned on the abolition of the death penalty, but has not disclosed his plans for more than two months since taking office. Although the current administration has repeatedly overturned the previous Supreme Court rulings, the current Justice Department has not yet informed the Supreme Court whether to change its position on the Jawhar case. In response to the Supreme Court’s decision, White House spokesman John Pusaki said that Biden is concerned about the death penalty and that his policy is based on the belief in fairness and justice. It is understood that even if the Supreme Court reimposes the death penalty on Jawhar, Biden can use his presidential powers to delay the execution indefinitely.
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