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About 50 supporters of Stephen Murphy, including Stan Spirou, former SNHU basketball coach, (foreground at right) attend the first day of Murphy's trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

About 50 supporters of Stephen Murphy, including Stan Spirou, former SNHU basketball coach, (foreground at right) attend the first day of Murphy's trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Assistant Attorney General Audriana Mekula shows the jury Michael Gilpatrick's intake photograph when he was 14 years old during the first day of the Stephen Murphy trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Assistant Attorney General Audriana Mekula shows the jury Michael Gilpatrick's intake photograph when he was 14 years old during the first day of the Stephen Murphy trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

FILE - Michael Gilpatrick holds a copy of his intake photo from New Hampshire's youth detention center as he and other former residents of the Youth Development Center, now called the Sununu Youth Services Center, hold a rally outside the Statehouse in Concord, Aug. 25, 2023, to press for a federal investigation into their claims of physical and sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer, File)

FILE - Michael Gilpatrick holds a copy of his intake photo from New Hampshire's youth detention center as he and other former residents of the Youth Development Center, now called the Sununu Youth Services Center, hold a rally outside the Statehouse in Concord, Aug. 25, 2023, to press for a federal investigation into their claims of physical and sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer, File)

FILE - Mike Gilpatrick, who as a teenager was incarcerated at the Youth Development Center, waits for his children to return from school at their home, Sept. 8, 2021, in Nashua, N.H. Gilpatrick, filed a lawsuit alleging he was physically and sexually abused at the former YDC in Manchester, which has been the target of a criminal investigation since 2019 and is slated to close in 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

FILE - Mike Gilpatrick, who as a teenager was incarcerated at the Youth Development Center, waits for his children to return from school at their home, Sept. 8, 2021, in Nashua, N.H. Gilpatrick, filed a lawsuit alleging he was physically and sexually abused at the former YDC in Manchester, which has been the target of a criminal investigation since 2019 and is slated to close in 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Stephen Murphy, left, speaks with his supporters, including Stan Spirou, former SNHU basketball coach, (at right) during a break in the first day of Murphy's trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Stephen Murphy, left, speaks with his supporters, including Stan Spirou, former SNHU basketball coach, (at right) during a break in the first day of Murphy's trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Stephen Murphy, at right, sits at the defendant's table with his defense attorney Charles Keefe in the first day of his trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Stephen Murphy, at right, sits at the defendant's table with his defense attorney Charles Keefe in the first day of his trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Stephen Murphy, left, stands with his defense attorney Charles Keefe as the jury enters the courtroom for the first day of Murphy's trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Stephen Murphy, left, stands with his defense attorney Charles Keefe as the jury enters the courtroom for the first day of Murphy's trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 15, 2025. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)