January 5, 2015

Jury selection begins for trial of accused Boston bomber

A U.S. federal judge on Monday began the process of selecting the jury that will hear the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, telling the first of some 1,200 prospects to read no more news accounts about the deadly blasts.

Source:: Toronto Sun


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