The prime suspect in the Boston Marathon attacks has asked a US court to move his trial to Washington, DC claiming he will not be tried fairly in the northeastern city.
A friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev took a backpack and laptop from the suspect's dorm room, then threw them away after he began to suspect Tsarnaev had carried out the attack, a federal agent testified on Thursday.
Lawyers for three friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber charged with hampering the investigation into the deadly 2013 blasts are due in court on Tuesday to ask a judge to dismiss the charges or move their upcoming trial out of town.
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked a US court to rule out capital punishment for their client, after last month's botched execution of a US inmate.
