The American city of Boston is preparing itself for what is likely to be the biggest US trial in recent history.
21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with detonating two homemade bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon with his brother, who was later shot dead by police.
Three people died and more than 260 others were injured in the attack - the worst on US soil since 9/11.
But there are concerns about whether this will be a fair trial.
Nick Harper reports from Boston.
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The site of the Boston Marathon bombing is unrecognizable from that day in April 2013.
It's busy with traffic and shoppers. Very different from 20 months ago.
-natsound- bombing explosions
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Those events still hang over the city that alleged bomber called home.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who's pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges against him, had many links to Boston.
Indeed he'd lived here most of his life, after moving to the US in 2002, and later became an American citizen.
From the house in the Boston suburb of Cambridge where the Tsarnaev brothers lived; to the school they attended - the city was home to Dzhokhar and his late-brother Tamerlan.
It was also home to Bostonian Marc Furcaile. He was one of 17 people who lost limbs as a result of the bombing.
SOT - Marc Furcaile, Bombing victim
"What are your feelings about having to relive it all in the trial?"
"Relive it? I still live it and I live it everyday."
VO
Chinese student Lingzi Lu died in the attack. One of her friends Yujue Wang yee-joo wong still struggles to talk about Tsarnaev.
SOT - Yujue Wang, Friend of bombing victim Lingzi Lu
"We all have quite complex emotions towards this person. You have to view his as a human but at the same time you know what he has done. It reminds me of a lot of bad things."
VO
The trial will not be easy for Boston. On the streets of city some speak of the cathartic effect of confronting the past. Others still find it difficult to say the defendant's name.
SOT - Voxes
"If it's all over the news and everything I'm sure it's going to be a difficult moment for everyone."
"It's going to be difficult to follow, but it's going to be a good thing to do in my opinion. Get this over with, get this in the past, and start anew."
"It's going to painful of course to relive something so traumatic but I think who could handle it better than the citizens of Boston."
VO
It's hard to know if the trial will bring a sense of closure, or simply re-open still-healing wounds.
From a legal stand point though there's concern that Tsarnaev is standing trial in the very city that he allegedly bombed.
Boston criminal attorney Bob Bloom thinks that's a problem. Which is why choosing the jury for this trial is a much larger, longer process.
SOT - Bob Bloom, Attorney
"I think it's not going to be easy to find totally impartial jurors. The judge is very aware of that. The original jury pool will have approximately 1200 people from eastern Massachusetts. The judge will ask extensive questions of that pool and determine if anyone has made up their mind before they actually sit."
VO
Tsarnaev's defense team have twice asked, but been denied, permission to move the trial.
Other cases deemed too high profile have been moved out-of-state, like Oklahoma Bomber Timothy McVeigh who was tried in Colorado.
There have already been protests against hearing the case in Boston - here's one civil liberties campaigner, Valerie Vanetta.
SOT - Valerie Vanetta
"Do you think a fair trial is possible?"
"It should be however that's kind of in the hands in the American public at the moment. I feel like their perception is a lot of it, whether a fair jury can be found is a lot of it, and that's going to have to do with the public."
VO
But Culture professor Salvatore Fallica feels the media coverage will also be a problem. The bombing and the city's recovery was extensively shown on local, national and international media - and he feels it'll make finding jurors with no prior knowledge of the case almost impossible.
SOT - Professor Salvatore Fallica, New York University, Culture Professor
"No one can possibly be unaware of what's been going on. With the immense publicity that can be generated in this culture a juror pool will definitely be polluted."
VO
If found guilty Tsarnaev could face the death penalty.
With such a weighty decision Boston, which has already proved it can be strong, must now show it can also be fair.
SOC
21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with detonating two homemade bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon with his brother, who was later shot dead by police.
Three people died and more than 260 others were injured in the attack - the worst on US soil since 9/11.
But there are concerns about whether this will be a fair trial.
Nick Harper reports from Boston.
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VO
The site of the Boston Marathon bombing is unrecognizable from that day in April 2013.
It's busy with traffic and shoppers. Very different from 20 months ago.
-natsound- bombing explosions
VO
Those events still hang over the city that alleged bomber called home.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who's pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges against him, had many links to Boston.
Indeed he'd lived here most of his life, after moving to the US in 2002, and later became an American citizen.
From the house in the Boston suburb of Cambridge where the Tsarnaev brothers lived; to the school they attended - the city was home to Dzhokhar and his late-brother Tamerlan.
It was also home to Bostonian Marc Furcaile. He was one of 17 people who lost limbs as a result of the bombing.
SOT - Marc Furcaile, Bombing victim
"What are your feelings about having to relive it all in the trial?"
"Relive it? I still live it and I live it everyday."
VO
Chinese student Lingzi Lu died in the attack. One of her friends Yujue Wang yee-joo wong still struggles to talk about Tsarnaev.
SOT - Yujue Wang, Friend of bombing victim Lingzi Lu
"We all have quite complex emotions towards this person. You have to view his as a human but at the same time you know what he has done. It reminds me of a lot of bad things."
VO
The trial will not be easy for Boston. On the streets of city some speak of the cathartic effect of confronting the past. Others still find it difficult to say the defendant's name.
SOT - Voxes
"If it's all over the news and everything I'm sure it's going to be a difficult moment for everyone."
"It's going to be difficult to follow, but it's going to be a good thing to do in my opinion. Get this over with, get this in the past, and start anew."
"It's going to painful of course to relive something so traumatic but I think who could handle it better than the citizens of Boston."
VO
It's hard to know if the trial will bring a sense of closure, or simply re-open still-healing wounds.
From a legal stand point though there's concern that Tsarnaev is standing trial in the very city that he allegedly bombed.
Boston criminal attorney Bob Bloom thinks that's a problem. Which is why choosing the jury for this trial is a much larger, longer process.
SOT - Bob Bloom, Attorney
"I think it's not going to be easy to find totally impartial jurors. The judge is very aware of that. The original jury pool will have approximately 1200 people from eastern Massachusetts. The judge will ask extensive questions of that pool and determine if anyone has made up their mind before they actually sit."
VO
Tsarnaev's defense team have twice asked, but been denied, permission to move the trial.
Other cases deemed too high profile have been moved out-of-state, like Oklahoma Bomber Timothy McVeigh who was tried in Colorado.
There have already been protests against hearing the case in Boston - here's one civil liberties campaigner, Valerie Vanetta.
SOT - Valerie Vanetta
"Do you think a fair trial is possible?"
"It should be however that's kind of in the hands in the American public at the moment. I feel like their perception is a lot of it, whether a fair jury can be found is a lot of it, and that's going to have to do with the public."
VO
But Culture professor Salvatore Fallica feels the media coverage will also be a problem. The bombing and the city's recovery was extensively shown on local, national and international media - and he feels it'll make finding jurors with no prior knowledge of the case almost impossible.
SOT - Professor Salvatore Fallica, New York University, Culture Professor
"No one can possibly be unaware of what's been going on. With the immense publicity that can be generated in this culture a juror pool will definitely be polluted."
VO
If found guilty Tsarnaev could face the death penalty.
With such a weighty decision Boston, which has already proved it can be strong, must now show it can also be fair.
SOC