article_snippet: After two months of jury selection, a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates was seated Tuesday for the trial of Boston bombing suspect.
article_snippet: The only two options available for the jury are life in prison or the death penalty.
article_snippet: Judge George O'Toole Jr., prosecutors and Tsarnaev's lawyers questioned prospective jurors individually.
article_snippet: Many potential jurors were excused when Many potential jurors said Many potential jurors had already formed an opinion on Tsarnaev's guilt or were morally opposed to the death penalty.
article_snippet: Many others were dismissed because of personal connections to the bombings, including people who have friends or family who were near the finish line when the bombs went off or who knew first responders who treated victims.
article_snippet: During the jury selection process, Tsarnaev's lawyers tried repeatedly to get the trial of Boston bombing suspect moved out of Massachusetts, saying Tsarnaev's lawyers could not find a fair and impartial jury because of the emotional impact the bombings had in Massachusetts.
article_snippet: O'Toole rejected three change-of-venue motions, saying the process of carefully questioning jurors to detect bias was successful in finding impartial jurors.
article_snippet: The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals twice refused to order the trial of Boston bombing suspect moved.
article_snippet: the jury selection process began in early January when more than 1,350 potential jurors filled out questionnaires on more than 1,350 potential jurors ties to the attack and more than 1,350 potential jurors views on the death penalty.
article_snippet: To be eligible to serve, candidates needed not to have formed a set opinion of Tsarnaev's guilt and to be willing to consider voting for execution if Tsarnaev's guilt was found guilty.
article_snippet: Tsarnaev's lawyers last week asserted that The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had violated The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals own procedures about random selection, reordering jurors as Tsarnaev's lawyers arrived in a way that reduced the number of black candidates questioned.