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The Supreme Court's six conservative justices seemed poised to embrace the government's position that a federal appeals court was wrong to toss Dzhokar Tsarnaev's death sentence.
Last year an appeals court threw out the ruling over the bombing of the 2013 race.
The court's liberal justices appeared incredulous about the actions of the district court judge in the original proceedings, but the conservatives appeared unpersuaded.
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The court's liberal justices appeared incredulous about the actions of the district court judge in the original proceedings, but the conservatives appeared unpersuaded.