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Convicted Boston Marathon Bomber Begins Appeals Process

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Getty 0421913 DzhokharTsarnaevFBI?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1436222283323FBI(BOSTON) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has taken the first step in what could be a lengthy appeals process.

On Monday, the legal team representing Tsarnaev filed a preliminary motion for a new trial after the 21-year-old was convicted on multiple charges and sentenced last month to death on six of them. 

The basis of the request was not immediately clear. 

Defense attorneys called the filing a “placeholder” until post-trial motions are decided but it does mark the start of appeals that could significantly delay capital punishment. 

Tsarnaev is currently at a high-security prison in Colorado awaiting eventual transfer to federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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