U.S. court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Massachusetts, issued the decision, citing errors in the proceedings, including the jury selection process, that had found Tsarnaev guilty and condemned him to death.

The ruling, however, will not result in Tsarnaev being freed, and the death penalty can be revisited.

"Dzhokhar will remain confined to prison for the rest of his life, with the only question remaining being whether the government will end his life by executing him," an excerpt of the ruling read.

Tsarnaev, 27, was convicted in 2015 on 30 charges, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction, for planting pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.

The bombings killed three people and injured more than 260 others.

Tsarnaev has been serving his sentence in a prison in the western state of Colorado.

His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a gun battle with police days after the two brothers detonated two pressure cooker bombs near the marathon finish line.