Boston Marathon

[allegro]

No, he will be. No amount of appeals in the world will overturn that sentence, although it'll take years (more likely, decades) and tens of millions of dollars of our money to make it happen.

Like @Dra508 said, read the article. 77 people sentenced to death since the Federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, but only 3 have been executed. The government doesn't do anything fast, if ever.

The Jury did not likely use their personal feelings, but used the sentencing guidelines provided to them (otherwise their decision could be easily overturned). The big kicker here was the footage of the Defendant placing a bomb directly behind some children without a look of care on his face.