Trial Date Set for Alleged Boston Bomber

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will face trial November 3. A U.S. District Court set the trial date Wednesday. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the Russian-born Tsarnaev. He has pled not guilty to 30 federal charges. Prosecutors allege the 20-year-old and his older brother, Tamerlan, planted homemade pressure cooker bombs near the Boston marathon's finish line last April. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a shootout with police. The bombs...

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