Condemned Marathon Bomber Seeks New Trial at Upcoming Hearing

A date has been set for a hearing on a motion for a new trail for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The 22-year-old was sentenced to death back in June.

The hearing will be held on Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. in Boston Federal Court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts announced Friday.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers initially requested the trial be held outside of Boston in order to avoid a biased jury.

Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 federal charges for his role in the attack, which left three people dead, 17 left as amputees and 250 or so otherwise maimed or wounded. Just before his death sentence, Tsarnaev acknowledged the victims, apologizing for “the lives that I’ve taken, the suffering that I’ve caused and the damage that I’ve done, irreparable damage.”