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In this courtroom sketch, Public Defender Lynn Shaffer asks her client, Hadi Matar, left, to stand while giving her opening statement in his the trial iin Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, Public Defender Lynn Shaffer asks her client, Hadi Matar, left, to stand while giving her opening statement in his the trial iin Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)