Boston bomber Tsarnev demands new trial two weeks after he was sentenced to death

Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion on Monday demanding a new trial, less than two weeks after he was sentenced to death for attacking the city's marathon in 2013.

FP Archives|Jul 07, 2015, 08:24:13 IST

New York: Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion on Monday demanding a new trial, less than two weeks after he was sentenced to death for attacking the city's marathon in 2013.[caption id="attachment_2330316" align="alignleft" width="300" class=" "] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. AFP[/caption]The preliminary motion did not stipulate grounds for a new trial, other than to say it was "required in the interests of justice."His lawyers said it was a "placeholder" motion that would be expanded upon by 17 August.Tsarnaev, 21, apologized to his victims for the first time during a highly emotional court hearing in Boston on 24 June when he was sentenced to death on six counts for the 15 April, 2013 bombings.A US jury determined the sentence unanimously on 15 May after finding him guilty on all 30 counts related to the bombings, the murder of a police officer and other crimes carried out while on the run.The bombings killed three people and wounded 264 others in one of the deadliest attacks on US soil since the 11 September 2001 attacks.They were carried out by Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan, who was shot dead by police while on the run.AFP

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