BOSTON - Attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber on Thursday will make their case to a three-judge appellate panel to move his trial out of the city that was the site of the largest mass-casualty attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers for months have been trying to have the trial moved out of Boston, arguing that...
Lawyers for accused Boston bomber to make case to move trial
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Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Won’t Be Delayed or Moved, Judge Says
Share More ABC News Videos | ABC World News Copy A federal judge today denied another motion from defense attorneys for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to delay jury selection, which is slated to begin in Boston on Monday. On Wednesday, defense attorneys had for the second time asked for a trial delay and for a change of venue, claiming that due to the high-profile...
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Accused Boston Marathon bomber's lawyers due in court
BOSTON— Federal prosecutors and attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber are scheduled to meet in court Monday to discuss defense requests to throw out evidence and other plans for his trial due to start in January....
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Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court Monday
BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors and attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber are scheduled to meet in court on Monday to discuss defense requests to throw out evidence and other plans for his trial due to...
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Condemned Boston Marathon bomber requests new trial
BOSTON — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion for a new trial Monday, less than two weeks after he was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attack. The motion did not contain any details on Tsarnaev’s legal...
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Tsarnaev defense seeks to delay trial
The high-powered legal team for accused terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wants to push back the start of the blockbuster Boston Marathon bombings trial nearly a year, according to a motion filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston. Tsarnaev’s lawyers argued that their client’s case, set to begin Nov. 3, is being rushed to trial and said the scope of the investigation has “overwhelmed the ability of defense counsel to evaluate and...
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Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber to seek to move trial
BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev plan to ask a judge to move his trial outside of Boston, they said in court papers on Wednesday, adding they needed more time to prepare their arguments. Tsarnaev's attorneys told U.S. District Judge George O'Toole they needed until Aug. 3 to make their case for moving the...
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Condemned Boston Marathon bomber files motion for new trial
BOSTON — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion for a new trial Monday, less than two weeks after he was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attack. The motion did not contain any details on Tsarnaev's legal arguments,...
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Hearing set for Boston Marathon bomber's request for a new trial on complaints of location
BOSTON -- A judge will hear arguments next month on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's request for a new trial....
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Ahead of Jury Selection, Accused Boston Marathon Bomber’s Father Says US Wants to ‘Harm’ Son
As jury selection begins today in the case of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing, the father of the accused bomber said he and his wife expect their son to be put to death by “the Americans.” “The Americans are going to harm my second son the same way they did to my oldest son,” Anzor Tsarnaev, father of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, told ABC News from Dagestan. “We already know what’s going to happen. Everything is in Allah’s...
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Marathon bombing suspect wants trial delayed
Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon suspect, are again asking a federal judge to delay his trial until September. In a motion filed on Tuesday, Tsarnaev's lawyers argued that the trial, currently scheduled to start with jury selection on Jan. 5, would begin faster than "99 of the...
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Accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court as trial nears
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court on Monday for a hearing in which defense lawyers and federal prosecutors will tussle over a few remaining logistical matters before opening statements later this week. A final flurry of motions was filed under seal on Friday, offering little clarity on what lawyers will debate...
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Boston Marathon Bomber's Lawyers Want Conviction Overturned
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction and death sentence imposed for his role in the 2013 attack. In a 500-page brief the lawyers argued that Tsarnaev...
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Marathon Bombing Suspect Wants Trial Delayed>
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon suspect, are again asking a federal judge to delay his trial until September. In a motion filed on Tuesday, Tsarnaev's lawyers argued that the trial, currently scheduled to start with jury selection on Jan. 5, would begin faster than "99 of the 119 federal capital trials to get underway since 2004." Tsarnaev, 21, has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction, and faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. He was indicted 18 months ago. Three people died and more than 260 were injured when two pressure cooker bombs went off at the finish line of the marathon on...
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Boston Marathon bomber trial delayed two months, judge rules
WASHINGTON -- The federal judge overseeing the case of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev agreed Wednesday evening to delay the trial start date for two months, but rejected a defense request to move the case out of the Boston area. U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. issued the orders after a long pretrial battle between...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev To Ask Marathon Bombing Trial Be Moved Out Of Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said Wednesday they will ask a judge to move his trial out of Boston, where there's been saturation media coverage of the terror attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. In a court filing, Tsarnaev's lawyers said they intend to file a change of venue motion, but they asked for more time to analyze media coverage of the case before filing the request. The defense asked the judge to extend the deadline to file the motion from June 18 to Aug 3. Authorities say Tsarnaev, then 19, and his brother, Tamerlan, 26, planted two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the 2013 marathon in an attack they...
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Boston Marathon bombing defendant lose bid to move, delay trial>
BOSTON — A judge on Wednesday denied requests by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to move his trial out of state and to delay...
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Hearing on Boston Marathon bomber's retrial motion set for December 1
By Valerie Vande Penne BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal court in Massachusetts set Dec. 1 as the date to hear a motion by lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seeking a new trial in the deadly bombing at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. On Friday, Judge George A. O’Toole Jr....
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Boston Marathon bombing trial: Judge refuses request from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers to postpone hearing after ...
A judge has refused a request from lawyers acting for the man accused of bombing the Boston marathon to postpone the trial in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack after they claimed their client would not get a fair hearing. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had argued that the attack in France had...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lawyers ask to delay trial until September
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect argue that 2015 trial date would be more realistic and fair, given ‘extraordinary complexity’ of case...
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Accused Boston bomber's lawyers renew bid for trial out of state
BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have renewed efforts to move his trial out of Massachusetts, arguing in new court documents that it would be difficult to find an unbiased jury in the state. Tsarnaev's attorneys filed a declaration late Thursday from a California State...
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Accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court as trial openings loom
BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court on Monday for a hearing in which defense lawyers and federal prosecutors will tussle over a few remaining logistical matters before opening statements later this week. A final flurry of...
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US Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Trial of Boston Marathon Suspect
VOA News — A U.S. judge has rejected a bid by suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev to suspend jury selection for his trial due to last week's terrorist attacks in Paris. The judge on Wednesday denied a...
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Judge Rejects Bid To Delay Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Over Paris Attacks>
BOSTON (AP) — Jury selection will continue in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial after a federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's bid to suspend it because of the Paris terror attacks. Individual questioning of prospective jurors begins Thursday. Tsarnaev's lawyers argued in a motion filed Tuesday that the French terror attacks had placed the marathon bombings "at the center of a grim global drama." They said delaying jury selection would allow some time "for the extraordinary prejudice flowing from these events — and the comparison of those events to those at issue in this case — to diminish." Judge George O'Toole Jr. denied the motion Wednesday, writing that his...
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>Boston Marathon bombing suspect asks to move trial
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday made a second bid to move his trial outside Massachusetts, arguing that "emotionally charged" media coverage and the widespread impact of the attacks have made it impossible for him to get a...
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Lawyers for accused Boston bomber due in court on Thursday
BOSTON — Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are due in court on Thursday to argue pre-trial motions, including a request to move the trial out of Boston and what evidence may be...
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Lawyers for Boston bomb suspect again seek trial out of state
BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday requested, for the second time, that his trial be moved out of state because of the risk that intense local media coverage will...
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect asks to move trial
BOSTON Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday made a second bid to move his trial outside Massachusetts, arguing that "emotionally charged" media coverage and the widespread impact of the attacks have made it impossible for him to get a fair trial in the state. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. rejected Tsarnaev's first request in September to move the trial, ruling that Tsarnaev's lawyers had failed to show that extensive...
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Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber lose delay bid
BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday denied defense requests to move and delay the start of the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose lawyers say they are overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of pages of documents. Jury selection in the Tsarnaev's case is set to begin on Monday after U.S. District Judge George O'Toole...
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Judge rejects 3rd defense bid to move marathon bombing trial
Add comment Reprints + - advertisement | advertise on newsday (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday rejected a third request from lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect to move his trial outside Massachusetts, saying jury selection has shown people are capable of being fair and impartial in the place most affected by the deadly attack. Judge George O'Toole Jr. said in his written ruling that "substantial progress" has been made toward a goal of... Content Preview This content is exclusive for Newsday digital access and home delivery subscribers and Optimum Online customers. Already registered? Log in Get Newsday digital...
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