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[Boston criminal defense attorney Brad Bailey joined FOX 25’s Daniel Miller outside the federal courthouse in Boston to discuss the ongoing jury selection in the Boston Marathon Bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.]
BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) — Defense lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a third push to move
his trial out of state Thursday.
Just before jurors were questioned, Tsarnaev’s lawyers renewed their
bid for a change of venue for the trial. The defense team cites a large
number of prospective jurors who believe Tsarnaev is guilty.
Nearly 1,300 prospective jurors filled out questionnaires. The defense
said 68 percent believe Tsarnaev is guilty and up to 69 percent have a
connection to either people or events in the case.
Eleven jurors were questioned Thursday. Each of them asked their personal
views on the death penalty and recent terrorist events in Paris. Juror
No. 118 told Judge George O’Toole she doesn’t like the idea
that someone’s fate would rest on her. Juror No. 116 told Judge
O’Toole she knows Tsarnaev is guilty because she saw media coverage
of him being found in a boat.
Former federal and state prosecutor Brad Bailey said it’s going to
tough trying to pick a jury for this trial.
“This is a death case; this is a case where the pre-trial publicity
was a saturation level. I’m not surprised at the least they are
not ready with a jury selected by now,” Bailey said.
Court officials also said that opening statements would not be heard as expected on Monday because jury selection is taking longer than anticipated.
[The original story can be found at myfoxboston.com]
[Boston criminal defense attorney Brad Bailey joined FOX 25’s Daniel Miller outside the federal courthouse in Boston to discuss the ongoing jury selection in the Boston Marathon Bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.]
BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) — Defense lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a third push to move
his trial out of state Thursday.
Just before jurors were questioned, Tsarnaev’s lawyers renewed their
bid for a change of venue for the trial. The defense team cites a large
number of prospective jurors who believe Tsarnaev is guilty.
Nearly 1,300 prospective jurors filled out questionnaires. The defense
said 68 percent believe Tsarnaev is guilty and up to 69 percent have a
connection to either people or events in the case.
Eleven jurors were questioned Thursday. Each of them asked their personal
views on the death penalty and recent terrorist events in Paris. Juror
No. 118 told Judge George O’Toole she doesn’t like the idea
that someone’s fate would rest on her. Juror No. 116 told Judge
O’Toole she knows Tsarnaev is guilty because she saw media coverage
of him being found in a boat.
Former federal and state prosecutor Brad Bailey said it’s going to
tough trying to pick a jury for this trial.
“This is a death case; this is a case where the pre-trial publicity
was a saturation level. I’m not surprised at the least they are
not ready with a jury selected by now,” Bailey said.
Court officials also said that opening statements would not be heard as expected on Monday because jury selection is taking longer than anticipated.
[The original story can be found at myfoxboston.com]
[The original story can be found at myfoxboston.com]