New York (AFP) - Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion Monday demanding a new trial, less than two weeks after he was sentenced to death for attacking the city's marathon in 2013.
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 August 17.
Tsarnaev, 21, apologized to his victims for the first time during a highly emotional court hearing in Boston on June 24 when he was sentenced to death on six counts for the April 15, 2013 bombings.
Boston bomber demands new trial - Yahoo News
i rarely advocate the death of another human.....this man should have been killed on that damn boat....he simply deserved to die
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 August 17.
Tsarnaev, 21, apologized to his victims for the first time during a highly emotional court hearing in Boston on June 24 when he was sentenced to death on six counts for the April 15, 2013 bombings.
Boston bomber demands new trial - Yahoo News
i rarely advocate the death of another human.....this man should have been killed on that damn boat....he simply deserved to die