By Nancy West, InDepthNH.org
Sen. Jeff Woodburn filed notice Thursday that he will argue self-defense at trial claiming his ex-fiancee Emily Stone Jacobs tried to restrain him, and at one point, held a knife to keep him from leaving her.
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