France's long-awaited 'trial of the century' will begin Wednesday in Paris as more than a dozen people tied to the November 2015 terror attacks -- the deadliest in the country since World War II -- face a panel of judges.
's long-awaited"trial of the century" will begin Wednesday in Paris as more than a dozen people tied to the November 2015 terror attacks -- the deadliest in the country since World War II -- face a panel of judges.across Paris that killed 130 people and wounded over 400 more.
A historic event and a logistical challenge for the Paris courts, the trial will be extraordinary in more ways than one.For the occasion, the French government spent 9 million U.S. dollars in a courtroom specially built in the former courthouse of Paris. The work was completed this summer, making it the largest criminal courtroom ever built in France, able to accommodate up to 550 people.
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