Boston Bomber Appeals Conviction
- 5 years ago
Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is trying to get his conviction thrown out.
Tsarnaev claims that he did not get a fair trial in Boston.
Newser reports his attorneys don't deny their client was behind the "heinous" 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
In an 1,100 page brief his lawyers argue "this case should not have been tried in Boston."
The lawyers claim citizens of Boston could not form a jury of impartial peers.
Tsarnaev claims that he did not get a fair trial in Boston.
Newser reports his attorneys don't deny their client was behind the "heinous" 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
In an 1,100 page brief his lawyers argue "this case should not have been tried in Boston."
The lawyers claim citizens of Boston could not form a jury of impartial peers.