The Boston Globe reports, "Judge denies Tsarnaev request for change of venue," by Milton J. Valencia.
A federal judge refused Wednesday to relocate the case of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to another state, scheduling a death penalty trial at the federal courthouse located only a few miles from where the bombs exploded on April 15, 2013 and shattered a New England tradition.
US District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. agreed, however, to postpone the trial to Jan. 5 of next year, two months after the scheduled Nov. 3 date, meaning the trial could be playing out during the two-year anniversary of the terrorist attack.
O’Toole acknowledged in a 10-page decision Wednesday that the case has attracted significant, ongoing media attention, but said the defense team failed to show that the hype would prejudice a fair, impartial jury.
"Marathon Bombings Trial Will Remain in Boston," is the New York Times report by Katharine Q. Seelye.
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the Boston Marathon bombings, will take place in Boston but will be delayed two months and is to start in January.
Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. of Federal District Court on Wednesday denied a defense request to move the trial outside Boston, saying that the region was big enough to find 12 jurors who could be impartial.
Earlier coverage of the Boston case begins at the link. Related posts are in the federal death penalty category index.
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