Today's Boston Globe reports, "Tsarnaev to seek change of venue for federal trial," by Travis Andersen.
Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev plan to request that his federal trial, currently slated for US District Court in Boston, be moved to another jurisdiction.
Tsarnaev’s attorneys disclosed their intention in court records Wednesday, and they asked that a June 18 deadline for filing their motion for a change of venue be extended to Aug. 3.
“The defense has now completed sufficient preliminary research to determine that a change of venue motion should be filed,” his lawyers wrote. The lawyers believe they need additional time for expert analysis on “venue research and media surrounding this case.”
The filing did not specify the defense’s preferred location for the highly anticipated November trial, nor did it say why the lawyers are seeking to move the proceedings. They could ask to move the trial out of Massachusetts or to another court in the Commonwealth.
"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev To Ask Marathon Bombing Trial Be Moved Out Of Boston," is the AP report by Denise LaVoie, via HuffPost.
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.
Earlier coverage of the case begins at the link. Related posts are in the federal death penalty category index.
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