BOSTON: Prosecutors pushed back against a request by accused Boston Marathon bomber Djokhar Tsarnaev to change the venue of his trial, rejecting his attorneys’ assertions that he cannot get a fair trial here.
In a 25-page court filing, prosecutors late Monday dismissed a defense petition seeking to relocate the trial from Boston to Washington.
US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said in her filing that she is certain it will be possible to seat a jury panel untainted by more than a year of wall-to-wall coverage of the case in local media.
AFP
