2009 Trial
The trial began Wednesday, 29 April 2009.
Notwithstanding requests for an open public trial by many, including Halimi's mother and the family of key suspect Youssouf Fofana, the trial was held behind closed doors.
The judge defended his exclusion of the public and the media by saying that two of the 27 suspects were juveniles at the time of the crime. French law does not require open trials for juveniles.
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