EAGAN, Minn. — Attorneys seeking a change of venue over concerns of biased jurors may figure it doesn’t hurt to ask. But it rarely helps. In fact, according to data from Thomson Reuters Westlaw, the leading legal research service, change of venue is seldom granted. Recently, attorneys for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought …
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Biased jury claims rarely convince judges to change venue
Attorneys seeking a change of venue over concerns of biased jurors may figure it doesn’t hurt to ask. But it rarely helps. According to Westlaw data, change of venue is seldom granted. Recently, attorneys for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to have his trial moved, citing the tremendous amount of pre-trial publicity surrounding …
- May 29, 2015
- Carrie Brooker