(BOSTON) AUG 17 – LAWYERS FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER FILING PAPERS MONDAY ASKING FOR A NEW TRIAL BEFORE A JURY THAT ISN’T PREJUDICED.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV’S LAWYERS REITERATING THE SAME ARGUMENTS JUDGE GEORGE O’TOOLE REJECTED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE TRIAL….THAT SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWS COVERAGE AND BOSTON STRONG SIGNS BIASED THE JURY POOL.
THE NEW FILING ASKING THE JUDGE TO OVERTURN TSARNAEV’S GUILTY VERDICT AND ORDER A NEW TRIAL SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT ALSO CHALLENGES THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF HIS DEATH PENALTY SENTENCE BY ARGUING A RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION FOUND THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE.
IN BOSTON, BILL MARCUS, FOX NEWS RADIO
DURING THE TRIAL TSARNAEV’S LAWYERS ADMITTED THEIR CLIENT PLANTED ONE OF TWO BOMBS THAT KILLED THREE AND MAIMED OVER 260 ONLOOKERS AT THE BOSTON MARATHON. TSARNAEV HIMSELF ALSO APOLOGIZED FOR HIS CRIME. HE IS NOW IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN A SUPERMAX PRISON IN COLORADO.