BOSTON - Attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev formally requested more time Friday to prepare arguments that their client should not be subject to a potential death sentence.
In a brief filed with the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, the defense told a judge the current Oct. 24 deadline set by the government does not allow for a “reasonable opportunity” to make their case about the death penalty, should it be sought in the case.
Prosecutors allege that Tsarnaev, 20, and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan built the two pressure-cooker bombs that exploded near the finish line of the race April 15, killing three people and injuring more than 260. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a shootout with police days later.
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