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Death penalty can express society's outrage – but biases often taint the verdict

  • Written by Amelia Wirts, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington
imageIn 2013, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, with his brother Tamerlan, put bombs along the Boston Marathon route, killing and injuring many. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

In its hearing on Oct. 13, 2021, the Supreme Court appeared to favor reinstating the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty of planting homemade bombs, with...

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