It has been 17 months since the public has seen Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. At the request of prosecutors, he will make his first court appearance since July, 2013 this week.

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Trial scheduled to begin next month

Nick Harper@NickHarperFSN
#Tsarnaev leaves #Boston court. Next time he'll be here is for trial in January. Jury selection starts 5th Jan.

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Appeals court won't delay or move Tsarnaev trial
Posted: Jan 04, 2015 7:23 AM Updated: Jan 04, 2015 9:06 AM

BOSTON (AP) - The trial of marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can begin as scheduled Monday in Boston after a federal appeals court ruled that the defense had not met the "extraordinary" standard required to justify its intervention.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced its decision Saturday. Tsarnaev's lawyer had asked the court to delay the trial and move it out of Massachusetts, saying he couldn't get a fair trial in a place where so many were affected by the bombings.

The appeals court ruled 2-1 to avoid intervening in the trial's timing and location.

...more at link
http://www.fox19.com/story/27752888/app ... ium=social

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Jury selection for Tsarnaev trial starts Monday
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer Published: January 4, 2015, 11:22 am Updated: January 4, 2015, 9:06 pm

BOSTON (AP) — His accusers brandish a confession scribbled inside a boat during an intensive manhunt and a video they say shows him placing a backpack with a bomb a few feet from a little boy who died when it exploded seconds later.

His defenders bank on the story of a difficult childhood in a former Soviet republic and his radicalization at the hands of an influential older brother who could have pressured him into participating in the deadly attack.

Jury selection for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the Boston Marathon attacks, begins Monday. Those chosen from a pool of about 1,200 will decide whether Tsarnaev planned and carried out the twin bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260 near the finish line of the race on April 15, 2013. If they find him guilty, they will decide whether he should be put to death.

...more at link
http://wpri.com/2015/01/04/jury-selecti ... ts-monday/

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Interesting to me that the judge said those who may have read extensively about the bombings may not be excused, and that they well not change the venue.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/0 ... mg00000021

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Matt Soleyn@MattSoleyn
Dzokhar #Tsarnaev defense is weak. Not very good plan to argue he only did it because his brother said to do it.

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They may be right on and interesting how the article uses the Zimmerman trial for some comparisons although it makes sense to use that trial I guess.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-t ... ign=buffer

Why the Tsarnaev trial may not be a mainstay in the national news
By Eddie Scarry | January 5, 2015 | 5:34 pm

Jury selection continues today............

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Donnie Dixon@donniedixon22
Take a look at this photo. Never forget that this douche-bag POS took the life of little 8 yr old Martin

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Mike Hayes@michaelhayes
Judge schedules Jan. 27 hearing for Tsarnaev friend Khairullozhon Matanov. Expected to change plea to guilty in obstruction case.

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Tsarnaev lawyers: Suspend jury selection over Paris attacks
By DENISE LAVOIE
Jan. 13, 2015 6:51 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge Tuesday to suspend jury selection in his trial for at least a month because the recent terrorist attacks in France have again placed the marathon bombings "at the center of a grim global drama."

The lawyers said a delay would allow some time "for the extraordinary prejudice flowing from these events — and the comparison of those events to those at issue in this case — to diminish."

...more at link
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ff18010ecda447a2b2fe4cc5bfdbe95c/paris-attacks-could-prompt-new-bid-delay-tsarnaev-trial

Tsarnaev Judge Denies Request for Trial Delay
By Martin Finucane GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 14, 2015

A federal judge has denied a request for a delay in jury selection sought by attorneys for the alleged Boston Marathon bomber, who argued that potential jurors in the case could be prejudiced by the recent terror attacks in France.

US District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. on Wednesday morning denied the request by lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to suspend jury empanelment.

...more at link
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/14/federal-judge-denies-request-for-trial-delay-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/GtfS6E21Zg3tA92pHr5OQI/story.html

Thanks for updating Molly. I'd like to see how this trail works out.
I am relying on twitter, seem to miss a lot

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Phase 2 Of Jury Selection Begins In Tsarnaev Trial

January 15, 2015 3:00 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Some of the first prospective jurors questioned in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev illustrated the difficulty in finding people who say they have not formed an opinion on Tsarnaev’s guilt and would be willing to sentence him to death.

As the second phase of jury selection began Thursday, the judge and attorneys heard from a man who said he believes Tsarnaev is guilty, another who said he could never impose the death penalty and a third whose wife treated bombing victims.

...more at link
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/01/15/phase-2-of-jury-selection-set-to-begin-in-tsarnaev-trial/

Things to Know About the Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

BOSTON — Jan 19, 2015, 11:40 AM ET
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer

AP — Jury selection in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is going slower than expected. Here's what you need to know as the trial enters its third week:

...more at link
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/things-boston-marathon-bombing-trial-28325785

http://news.yahoo.com/judy-clarke-tsarn ... 41991.html


‘Gentle Judy’s’ biggest challenge: Defending the accused Boston Marathon bomber
Judy Clarke has saved a rogues’ gallery from death row. Can she do the same for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?

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Tsarnaev Trial Start Delayed, New Battle Over Venue
By Jeralyn, Section Terror Trials
Posted on Fri Jan 23, 2015 at 08:57:00 AM EST

Dzhokhar Tsarnav's defense team filed a third motion to change venue yesterday. They provided a lot of statistics and quotes from the voir dire process so far to show Tsarnaev cannot get a fair trial in Boston.
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Also yesterday, the court sent out a notice to the media yesterday that because jury selection is going so slowly, the trial will not begin next week as planned. No new date has been set.

The New Yorker has just published this interesting article on the jury selection process so far. The most memorable paragraph discusses a dispute between the parties over the meaning of the presumption of innocence:
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Different standards may apply for state trials, but Tsarnaev is being tried in federal court, where the presumption of innocence is not and has never been, as far as I can tell, merely a term of art.

....more at link
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2015/1/23 ... ver-Venue-

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Interesting comments at the end of your linked article, Rumpole. Thanks.