Ablaikhan Ismagulov, younger brother of Azamat Tazhayakov, Courtesy of WHDH
Ablaikhan Ismagulov, younger brother of Azamat Tazhayakov, outside the courthouse during his brother’s trial. Family members have been extremely supportive of Tazhayakov during his travail. His father resigned his seat on a local council and moved to the U.S. so that he and his son, pictured here, could visit Azamat in jail twice a week. The convicted former student making a note of that in thanking his family when he spoke in between tears at his sentencing in federal court on June 5th. (Screen grab courtesy of WHDH)

(BOSTON) JULY 3 – A FORMER FRIEND OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER SAYS HE’S DROPPING AN APPEAL OF HIS CONVICTION AND THREE AND A HALF YEAR SENTENCE FOR REMOVING A BACKPACK FROM THE U-MASS DARTMOUTH DORM ROOM OF THE CONVICTED TERRORIST.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM BOSTON.


AT HIS SENTENCING JUNE 5TH THE 21 YEAR-OLD SAID THOUGH HE IS A MUSLIM BY GEOGRAPHY AND BIRTH HE DID NOT SUPPORT TSARNAEV’S EXTREMIST AND RADICALISM IDEOLOGY ADDING – IT JUST MAKES ME SICK WHAT TSARNAEV DID.