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 affair The defense cited comments the judge made about the Boston Marathon bombing affair on podcasts and masses events The appeals court rejected their argument and the judge will remain on the incident The judge is overseeing a review of Tsarnaev s sentence and is exploring contends by the defense of juror bias