Appeals court rejects request to move Boston Marathon bombings trial

February 28, 2015 22:08

A US appeals court has rejected a fourth request to move the trial for the accused Boston Marathon bomber to another city.

The death penalty trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been delayed by painstaking jury selection, crippling snowstorms and last-ditch appeals for change of venue.

Earlier this month, Judge George O'Toole, along with the prosecution and defense teams, settled on a pool of 70 jury prospects after questioning 256 people over three weeks.

Before the appeals court ruled Friday, the defense tried three times to persuade O'Toole to move the trial, claiming it couldn't find an impartial jury in Boston. He refused.

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