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Changing Venue in the Marathon Bomber Case

March 12, 2015 03:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Andrew D. Leipold of the University of Illinois College of Law, discusses the First Circuit's decision not to change venue in the Boston Marathon bombing trial...The claim that a local jury can't be unbiased in a case...

March 1, 2015 12:20:40 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Friday rejected a motion by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to move the Boston Marathon bombing trial out of Boston. The judges, divided in their decision 2-1, decided...

January 15, 2015 12:46:50 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday rejected the latest plea by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to pause jury selection for his trial due to the...

January 5, 2015 10:30:02 AM

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the Boston Marathon bombings , arrived at the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday for jury selection in his federal death penalty trial. Tsarnaev will sit with his...

May 20, 2013 10:15:00 AM

Faisal Kutty, Valparaiso University Law School

May 2, 2013 12:30:00 PM

Kevin Govern, Ave Maria School of Law

April 26, 2013 11:11:26 AM

Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday approved a bill that provides expanded investigative powers and criminal penalties for terrorism related matters. The short title of the bill is The Combating Terrorism Act. The legislation permits...

April 22, 2013 03:51:46 PM

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. According to the criminal complaint , Tsarnaev was charged with...

April 21, 2013 10:43:19 AM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Saturday released a statement reacting to statements by federal officials that the recently apprehended Boston bombing suspect will not be read his Miranda rights before being...

May 10, 2010 04:23:55 PM

JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England Law | Boston say that fear and politics notwithstanding, trial in US federal court will be the best option in most, if not all, terrorism cases.... Since President Bush...

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