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Youth Development Center. plaintiff David Meehan testifies as his intake photo, when he was 14 is displayed during his civil trial at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Attorney Rus Rilee, left, comforts his client, David Meehan, before Meehan took the stand in his civil trial against the Youth Development Center in his civil trial at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Youth Development Center plaintiff David Meehan gets sworn in before giving testimony in his civil trial at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Youth Development Center plaintiff David Meehan walks out of the courtroom during a break in his civil trial at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Plaintiff David Meehan listens to testimony of Michael Gilpatrick, a former youth detention center resident, during a civil trial seeking to hold the state accountable for alleged abuse at the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly called the Youth Development Center, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. On the screen is so called "hit squad" members including Bradley Asbury, clockwise from to left, James Woodlock, Stephen Murphy and Jeffrey Buskey. All four are charged with sexual assault or being an accomplice to the assault against Gilpatrick. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP)
Youth Development Center plaintiff David Meehan testifies in his civil trial at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)