Nearly ten months after two explosions rocked the Boston Marathon and led to the deaths of three spectators, and later a police officer, a citywide manhunt, and the death of one bomber, a federal judge has declared the trial date for the alleged surviving brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnev.
According to Boston, Judge George O’Toole appointed the date of the trial for November 3rd. The defense had originally wanted the trial to take place the next year in 2015, however, it will now take place this year.
There will be a hearing date in June so the prosecution and defense can discuss whether there will be a venue change.
Tsarnev is charged with planting two bombs during the Boston Marathon on April 15th of last year. The explosions tore through the crowd, killing two young women and a child. Days later, as Tsarnev and his brother, Tamerlan, were fleeing, they killed the MIT police officer before Tamerlan was killed hours later.
Tsarnev was later discovered hiding in a Watertown resident’s boat.
According to ABC News, Marc Fucarile, one of the victims of the blasts who lost one leg and ended up with hearing loss, was in the courtroom. In his mind, he felt the trial should have been set for a much earlier date.
“Why not? I think everybody should be on the same page. It’s pretty cut and dry with the evidence. Don’t waste everybody’s time.”
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