Posted on 12/05/2014 4:45:29 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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 bias a jury against him.
The request comes one month before Tsarnaev is scheduled to face trial at a Boston courthouse a few miles from the location of the 2013 bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 260 in the worst attack since Sept. 11, 2001.
"The inescapable conclusion is that great local prejudice will prevent a fair trial by an impartial jury," Tsarnaev's lawyers wrote in a motion filed at U.S. District Court in Boston on Monday.
The motion cited heavy local press coverage of the case, including what it referred to as several recent leaks to reporters by law enforcement that could impact public opinion ahead of trial.
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How about to Gitmo?
Sorry but the Constitution, that pesky document requires the trial to be in the state and in the district in which the crime was committed. See the Sixth Amendment.
How about Texas? They seem to know what to do with scum. Not a Texan, but my son is and I notice they do a lot of things right.
How about someplace where they whack people’s heads off for less? Nobody in this country is going to let those guys whine/ walk.
No, Councilor, it's the fact that he's guilty as hell.
Good idea.
And post a video of it.
“Sponsored by US Govt.” (give bo some grief)
Change of venue? Of course.
Because NOONE in this country knew what happened in Boston.
Great idea.
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