INW: Murder-for-Hire Trial Starts

Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Haws, left, delivers his opening statements in the trial against Edgar Steele at U.S. District Court in Boise today. Steele, an attorney who is well known for his defense of white supremacist groups, is accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife and mother-in-law. Meghann’s latest story here. And more below. (AP Photo/Ward Hooper)

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