President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment.It means just three federal inmates continue to face execution: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Robert Bowers and Dylann Roof.Here’s what to know about the three inmates who remain on death row: Dzhokhar TsarnaevDzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death for his role in the bombing that killed three people and injured hundreds near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013.Tsarnaev was convicted in 2015 of all 30 charges against him, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction and the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier during his and his brother’s getaway attempt. Dzhokhar’s older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a gun battle with police a few days after the April 15, 2013, bombing.Dzhokhar’s lawyers acknowledged at the …
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