Flowers are placed at the memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Law Appeals Court Tosses Out Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber July 31, 2020 A three-judge panel sends Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case back to a lower court for resentencing, saying the jury that sentenced him to death had not been adequately vetted.