Lawyers Refuse to Defend Accused Paris Attacker

Lawyers for Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the last year’s devastating Paris terrorist attacks, say they will no longer defend him because of his unwillingness to answer questions about his alleged involvement in the attacks. "We don't think that he will speak and he will use the right to remain silent," Frank Berton said Wednesday in an interview with France’s BFM TV. "In this position what would you like us to do? We said from the beginning... that if our client...

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