(BOSTON) AUG 24 – THREE MONTHS AFTER THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH THE NAMES OF HIS JURORS ARE STILL NOT PUBLIC AND WILL STAY THAT WAY ACCORDING TO JUDGE’S RULING MONDAY.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM BOSTON.
IT’S UNUSUAL TO KEEP JURORS NAMES UNDER SEAL THIS LONG….JUDGE GEORGE O’TOOLE HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IN HIS DECISION…BUT JA-HAR TSARNAEV’S LAWYERS — IN THEIR MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL — ARE MAKING AN ISSUE OF JURORS SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY ….SO MAKING JURORS NAMES PUBLIC – HE WROTE – WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
ALL BUT ONE JUROR HAVE STAYED OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. AND WHEN THAT ONE JUROR WENT ON LOCAL T-V HERE IN BOSTON HE DID SO WITH HIS IDENTITY MASKED.
O’TOOLE’S RULING WAS MADE IN RESPONSE TO A MOTION FROM A LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
IN BOSTON, BILL MARCUS, FOX NEWS RADIO
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JUNE FOR THE 2013 KILLING OF THREE AND THE INJURING OF MORE THAN 260. HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED FOR THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN THREE DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK.