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Trial begins in 8-year-old torture, beating death
An attorney acknowledged on Monday that a Palmdale man committed "unspeakable acts of abuse" against his girlfriend's 8-year-son before "exploding into a rage of anger" that the defense maintains resulted in the boy's unintentional death, but a prosecutor said the youngster was systematically tortured because the defendant believed the child was gay.