Lawyers for Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Tuesday requested that jury selection in his trial be suspended for at least a month, saying the Paris attacks could influence potential jurors.
Tsarnaev's legal team filed the motion at the US district court in Boston more than a week after jury selection began. The court papers were published by US media.
Tsarnaev, 21, faces the death penalty if convicted over the April 15, 2013 attacks on the Boston Marathon that killed three people and wounded 264 -- the worst such incident in the US since 9/11.
His lawyers said the suspension of jury selection would allow time for "extraordinary prejudice flowing from these events (in France) -- and the comparison of those events to those at issue in this case -- to diminish."
They complained that immediately after the attacks in France that left 17 people dead, the press, politicians and commentators had drawn supposed parallels with the Boston bombings.
Jury selection for Tsarnaev's trial began on January 5 and opening arguments are expected to be heard around January 26. He has pleaded not guilty to 30 charges.
The Boston marathon attacks plunged the northeastern city into mourning and revived fears of terrorism in the United States more than a decade after the September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda plane strikes.
Judge George O'Toole refused a pre-Christmas request from the defense to delay the trial until September 2015.
A Muslim of Chechen descent, Tsarnaev emigrated with his family to the United States in 2002 from Dagestan and became a naturalized American citizen in 2012.
He spent his early childhood in Kyrgyzstan.
He is accused of carrying out the attacks with his brother, Tamerlan, who was killed in a shootout with police as the pair went on the run in the days immediately after the attacks.
Prosecutors say the brothers prepared bombs based on instructions in Al-Qaeda's English-language magazine "Inspire."
AFP
Wed Jan 14 2015
Tsarnaev, 21, faces the death penalty if convicted over the April 15, 2013 attacks on the Boston Marathon. - File pic
Wira negara, damailah anda di sana
Satu negara bersimpati, bersedih dengan perginya pejuang yang telah banyak berjasa buat Malaysia. Bingkisan ini, istimewa buat semua wira yang kini berada di negara abadi.
Indeks utama Bursa Malaysia turun 0.42 peratus susulan pengambilan untung
Pada 5 petang, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) turun 6.69 mata atau 0.42 peratus kepada 1,575.97 daripada paras penutup 1,582.66 pada Isnin.
Lelaki berpedang serang orang awam di London, lima cedera
Dalam insiden yang berlaku pada jam 7 pagi waktu tempatan, lima mangsa termasuk dua pegawai polis dikejarkan ke hospital berdekatan susulan serangan berkenaan.
Letusan Gunung Ruang: Operasi Lapangan Terbang Sam Ratulangi dihentikan sementara
Abu akibat letusan itu memenuhi kawasan lapangan terbang, dengan penumpang dilihat memakai topeng muka.
‘Saya berdoa agar tuhan satukan kami'
Kelahirannya di dunia disambut tanpa pelukan erat kedua orang tuanya. Kezaliman berterusan tentera rejim zionis sekaligus mengubah takdir hidup bayi Palestin yang diberi nama Yehia Hamuda ini. Malah dia yang belum mengenal erti dunia, kini dilindungi di hospital al-Emirati di Rafah.
Kastam patahkan hampir 2,000 cubaan menyeludup, sita barangan bernilai RM350 juta setakat Mac
Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM) berjaya mematahkan 1,856 cubaan penyeludupan melibatkan pelbagai barangan membabitkan nilai cukai RM350 juta setakat Mac lepas.
Ringgit ditutup rendah sedikit berbanding dolar AS
Pada 6 petang, ringgit ditutup pada 4.7700/7750 berbanding dolar AS 4.7650/7700 ketika ditutup pada Isnin.
Daftar Pemilih Tambahan Mac 2024 dibuka untuk semakan - SPR
Daftar Pemilih Tambahan Bulan Mac 2024 (DPT BLN3/2024) telah diperaku dan diwartakan hari ini, dan semakan dibuka selama 30 hari sehingga 29 Mei ini.
'Harga purata pangsapuri baharu Malaysia cecah RM582,887 pada suku pertama'
Harga purata bagi pangsapuri baharu di Malaysia mencecah RM582,887 pada suku pertama 2024 manakala purata harga jualan bagi kediaman sekunder bernilai RM521,614.
AWANI Borneo [30/04/2024] – Kerugian RM28.6 Juta | tertembak diri sendiri | Elak kerugian
AWANI Borneo Isnin, 30 April 2025 bersama Nickyson Nyambar.
> Sarawak rekod purata 6.7 kes penipuan sehari
> Polis tunggu laporan forensik telefon bimbit anak KPD maut tertembak.
> 130,000 penduduk setinggan Sabah bakal dapat penempatan baharu.
> Sarawak rekod purata 6.7 kes penipuan sehari
> Polis tunggu laporan forensik telefon bimbit anak KPD maut tertembak.
> 130,000 penduduk setinggan Sabah bakal dapat penempatan baharu.