Tsarnaev's lawyers ask for trial to be moved to WashingtonLawyers of the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked to move his upcoming trial from Boston to Washington, D.C., ABC news reports.The motion was filed in the U.S. District Court late Wednesday.The lawyers, who cautioned that they still need more time to study the issue, said Boston residents were the "most prejudiced" on a number of critical measures, based on a May survey's preliminary findings, ABC news reports.Among Boston respondents, they said, nearly 58 percent "definitely" believed Tsarnaev was guilty and 37 percent believed that if convicted he deserved the death penalty. About 37 percent of Washington residents surveyed "definitely" believed Tsarnaev was guilty, 19 percent said he deserved the death penalty and about 12 percent said they or someone they knew had participated in or attended the marathon.Lawyers of the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked to move his upcoming trial from Boston to Washington, D.C., ABC news reports.
The motion was filed in the U.S. District Court late Wednesday.
The lawyers, who cautioned that they still need more time to study the issue, said Boston residents were the "most prejudiced" on a number of critical measures, based on a May survey's preliminary findings, ABC news reports.
Among Boston respondents, they said, nearly 58 percent "definitely" believed Tsarnaev was guilty and 37 percent believed that if convicted he deserved the death penalty. About 37 percent of Washington residents surveyed "definitely" believed Tsarnaev was guilty, 19 percent said he deserved the death penalty and about 12 percent said they or someone they knew had participated in or attended the marathon.
