--- description: They want him to have a a new trial outside of Boston because of the "unrelenting publicity" surrounding the case title: Boston Bomber's Lawyers Demand New Trial in Another Location image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf61197ef606c8c2/69885fcaa988ca2e896b3f35/rtr4uk50.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boston Bomber's Lawyers Demand New Trial in Another Location by [Aditya Agrawal](/author/aditya-agrawal/) ## Aditya Agrawal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2015 3:27 PM CUT  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston on March 23, 2015. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston on March 23, 2015.Attorney's Office in Boston/Reuters by [Aditya Agrawal](/author/aditya-agrawal/) ## Aditya Agrawal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2015 3:27 PM CUT Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev want him to have a [a new trial](http://ftpcontent2.worldnow.com/whdh/pdf/150817-Tsarnaev-new-trial-judgement.pdf "undefined") outside of Boston because of the “unrelenting publicity” surrounding the case and the “connections” between the city’s jurors and the events surrounding the 2013 bombing. The appeal was made late Monday in a 39-page filing submitted to the US District Court in Boston. A federal jury sentenced Tsarnaev to [death](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-death-sentence.html "undefined") in May. Tsarnaev is the younger of the two brothers who planted two pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon in April, 2013, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others. His lawyers had previously [asked](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/us/tsarnaevs-lawyers-in-boston-bombing-trial-to-ask-for-change-of-venue.html "undefined") for a change of venue before the trial, in February, but the request was shot down by a federal appeals panel. In the most recent filing, Tsarnaev’s lawyers argued that “unprecedented” levels of publicity continued “unabated” during the trial. These include the announcement of a new holiday called ‘One Boston Day’ to celebrate the anniversary of the bombings, and coverage of the 2015 marathon in a way that tied it back to 2013\. The appeal also alleged that posters for the 2015 marathon honoring the bombing victims were visible from the courtroom doors. Tsarnaev’s team said that the individual jurors’ social media accounts were saturated with activity that could have compromised the fairness of the trial. He is currently being held at the United States Penitentiary in Florence, CO., the [most secure prison](http://wtvr.com/2015/07/17/boston-marathon-bomber-moved-to-supermax-nations-most-secure-federal-prison/ "undefined") in the country. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4001529/dzokhar-tsarnaev-new-location/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4001529/dzokhar-tsarnaev-new-location/"},"headline":"Boston Bomber's Lawyers Demand New Trial in Another Location","datePublished":"2015-08-18T15:27:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:15:14.222Z","description":"They argued his case faced \"unprecedented\" levels of publicity","url":"https://time.com/4001529/dzokhar-tsarnaev-new-location/","keywords":["Boston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf61197ef606c8c2/69885fcaa988ca2e896b3f35/rtr4uk50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aditya Agrawal","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aditya-agrawal/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf61197ef606c8c2/69885fcaa988ca2e896b3f35/rtr4uk50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston","caption":"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston","creditText":"Attorney's Office in Boston/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4001529/dzokhar-tsarnaev-new-location/","name":"Boston Bomber's Lawyers Demand New Trial in Another Location"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Capturing the Real Face of Terror: Photographing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev","description":"In one of his first interviews since retiring, Sgt. 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