--- description: Dzhohkar Tsarnaev's attorneys claim the 27 hour interrogation was intended to incriminate him. title: VIDEO: Bombing Suspect’s Attorneys Want Hospital Statements Thrown Out image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbc71a79e49f2817/69868e88cd804df2abccac45/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-lawyer-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Boston Marathon bombing](/tag/boston-marathon-bombing/) ## Boston Marathon bombing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tsarnaev’s Attorneys Want Hospital Statements Thrown Out by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 8:51 PM CUT  This file photo provided Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings on April 15, 2013. This file photo provided Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings on April 15, 2013.FBI/AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 8:51 PM CUT In the aftermath of one of the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorneys say the FBI went too far in questioning him. Paperwork from Tsarnaev’s attorneys say that the FBI interrogated him for 27 hours, including turning away lawyers, while Tsarnaev was handcuffed to a hospital bed. In seeking to have the statements given at the time thrown out, the lawyers argue that the questioning was “an effort to extract as much incriminating information as possible, without regard to the protections of the Fifth Amendment.” The argument could prove to be moot, however, with prosecutors not planning to use the statements in their case. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/93036/dzokhar-tsarnaev-hospital-statements-evidence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/93036/dzokhar-tsarnaev-hospital-statements-evidence/"},"headline":"Tsarnaev’s Attorneys Want Hospital Statements Thrown Out","datePublished":"2014-05-08T20:51:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:44:29.712Z","description":"The Boston bombing suspect's attorneys claim the 27 hour interrogation was intended to incriminate Dzokhar","url":"https://time.com/93036/dzokhar-tsarnaev-hospital-statements-evidence/","keywords":["Boston Marathon bombing","Dzhokhar Tsarnaev"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbc71a79e49f2817/69868e88cd804df2abccac45/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-lawyer-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbc71a79e49f2817/69868e88cd804df2abccac45/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-lawyer-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev","caption":"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev","creditText":"FBI/AP","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":"/tag/boston-marathon-bombing/","name":"Boston Marathon bombing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/93036/dzokhar-tsarnaev-hospital-statements-evidence/","name":"Tsarnaev’s Attorneys Want Hospital Statements Thrown Out"}}]}] ```