Appeals court denies Boston Marathon bomber’s request for judge recusal

An appeals court has denied a request by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev s attorneys for the judge to rescue himself from the circumstance The defense cited comments the judge made about the Boston Marathon bombing event on podcasts and populace events The appeals court rejected their argument and the judge will remain on the episode The judge is overseeing a review of Tsarnaev s sentence and is assessing alleges by the defense of juror bias