Posted on 12/22/2014 7:10:40 PM PST by windcliff
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is asking a federal judge to clamp down on “self-appointed supporters” protesting on his behalf outside a Boston courthouse, arguing that their “inflammatory accusations” could hurt his right to a fair trial.
In a court filing Monday, Tsarnaev’s defense team sought to distance themselves from the demonstrators, arguing they could have a “deleterious and prejudicial impact” on his trial, which is set to begin Jan. 5. The supporters, his attorneys wrote, “advocate various conspiracy theories concerning the marathon bombing, including that the resulting deaths and injuries have somehow been faked as part of a government plot.”
The Tsarnaev team specifically cited a clash last week between demonstrators and bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, who lost his right leg in the attacks. Responding to a Tsarnaev supporter who claimed that the case against the accused bomber was “trickery,” Fucarile removed his prosthetic leg and waved it, commenting, “That’s trickery?”
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Why the delay in his trial? While he deserves a defense in court, you see him on videos placing one of the bombs. Other than insanity what defense could one make? This little POS should have a public hanging on Boston Common.
I hope where this Tsarnaev creep goes, he’ll take his “supporters” with him.
If there is no doubt, why wait?
I’ve decided that I’m gonna try to attend at least one day of that trial....very possibly more than one.
The answer to all these questions — lawyers bill by the hour.
It’s irrelevant that his Uncle married into the family that is the #5 or so most powerful in the CIA...?
I don’t like Chechens at all, but it sounds a lot like elder kooky Tsarnaev was recruited to infiltrate kooky fundamentalist groups but then flipped and went native.
This boy still richly deserves punishment, but I think it’s very natural that NO corner of the US government would want the CIA angle looked into.
I saw photos of his supporters and all can say is “Guilty”.
Maybe he is a little afraid of his ‘supporters’?
That’s interesting.
Yes! Why is this scum still stealing oxygen after almost 2 years. The trial, conviction, sentencing, and rejection of appeals should have wrapped up well before Labor Day, 2013. Such a delay is simply a mockery of justice.
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