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Defense attorney Francisco Duarte uses toy cars to make a point to the jury in his opening argument in the trial of Frederick Russell today in a courtroom in Kelso, Wash. Opening arguments began Friday in the vehicular homicide case against Frederick Russell, with prosecutors insisting the former fugitive was the sole cause of the accident that killed three college students and left several other people badly injured. Latest here.

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