let's all say a prayer for our brother, Martin Shkreli, as his trial begins

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A year-and-half after his arrest, and following hundreds of tweets, scores of online boasts, dozens of live-streams and his purchase of a unique Wu-Tang Clan rap album for a reported $2 million, Shkreli gets his turn to take on the prosecutors who have charged him with conspiracy and fraud.

And everyone wants to experience it, it seems.

No matter that his case has no direct ties to the issue that brought the former pharmaceutical company CEO national notoriety — ordering a 5,000% price hike on a medication for HIV patients and others with compromised immune systems, then refusing to retreat or apologize. Repeatedly.

And never mind that the man informally dubbed the "Pharma Bro," a 34-year-old son of Albanian and Croatian immigrants, may opt against taking the witness stand in his own defense.

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