Accused Boston bomber faces victims, supporters in court
- 9 years ago
Outside the courtroom ahead of the accused Boston Marathon bomber's first court appearance in over a year - an amputee confronts protesters.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be tried on charges of killing three people and injuring hundreds, using homemade bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013.
If found guilty, Tsarnaev faces the death-penalty.
The 21-year-old suspect told a district judge that he was satisfied with his defense attorneys.
But the mother-in-law of Ibragim Todashev, whose son was shot and killed by FBI agents during an interview about his friendship with Tsarnaev, says all evidence points to Tsarnaev's innocence.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ELENA TEYER, MOTHER-IN-LAW OF IBRAGIM TODASHEV, SAYING:
"First of all, there is no real evidence, nobody saw any evidence of where he is. All so far they show to public is walking people with backpacks that doesn't look like shape of any heavy round thing such as pressure cooker, it doesn't e
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be tried on charges of killing three people and injuring hundreds, using homemade bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013.
If found guilty, Tsarnaev faces the death-penalty.
The 21-year-old suspect told a district judge that he was satisfied with his defense attorneys.
But the mother-in-law of Ibragim Todashev, whose son was shot and killed by FBI agents during an interview about his friendship with Tsarnaev, says all evidence points to Tsarnaev's innocence.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ELENA TEYER, MOTHER-IN-LAW OF IBRAGIM TODASHEV, SAYING:
"First of all, there is no real evidence, nobody saw any evidence of where he is. All so far they show to public is walking people with backpacks that doesn't look like shape of any heavy round thing such as pressure cooker, it doesn't e