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| Boston Marathon survivors reflect, share outrage over convicted bomber collecting COVID-19 funds |
| 2022-04-18 |
| [FoxNews] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev received a stimulus check while in federal prison and nearly escaped a death sentence As the city of Boston and survivors of the 2013 marathon bombing reflected on the ninth anniversary of the deadly terror attack last week, some spoke out about a federal criminal justice system that has allowed the convicted bomber to collect COVID-19 relief money and other funds as he appeals his death sentence. Robert Wheeler, a participant in the Boston Marathon who was hailed as a hero for literally giving the shirt off his back to aid victims of the blast, told Fox News that April 15 "still remains as profound and mixed of emotions as the day of my first marathon in 2013." Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of coordinating the attack with brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is locked up in a maximum federal prison in Florence, Colorado. The brothers planted two homemade pressure-cooker bombs that killed three people – two women and an 8-year-old boy — and injured over 260 others. Seventeen of those injured lost at least one limb in the attack. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on 30 terrorism charges and sentenced to death on six of them. A federal court later reversed the death sentence, but the U.S. Supreme Court in March reinstated the punishment in a 6-3 vote. Tsarnaev was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He was also ordered to pay $101 million in restitution to the victims. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shootout with police amid a days-long manhunt. A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer was shot and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was killed during the gunfight. Despite the surviving Tsarnaev being ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines, victims have seen little in compensation. In addition, he received a $1,400 COVID relief payment while incarcerated in the summer of 2021. In January, a federal judge ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to turn over Tsarnaev's stimulus check and funds in his inmate trust to pay victims. On Friday, the ninth anniversary of the attack, elected officials and residents remembered those who died. This year's race will be held Monday. Related: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: 2022-04-10 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeals death sentence — again Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: 2022-03-05 SCOTUS Reinstates Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: 2022-01-08 So Sen. Tom Cotton was right all along about the Boston Bomber getting his stimulus check |
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