1.   Two defendants were pardoned before trial and one avoided trial because the Bush administration refused to release key documents.

2.   Illness was used as an excuse so the defendant could avoid trial.

3.   But unless the plaintiff is unpopular or unpleasant, the media will normally be advised to avoid jury trials, because of the danger of heavier damages.

4.   And finally, in trying to protect Kurth from similar harm, did prosecutors wrongly avoid a trial?

5.   A second man accused of rape, Cpl. John A. Penrod, resigned and avoided trial.

6.   A week later, an agreement was reached for him to enter Emerge to avoid trial on the charge.

7.   But almost as soon as the papers were filed, both sides acted to avoid a trial.

8.   But Guzman has argued that under Chilean law, only mental disability can be cause to avoid a trial.

9.   But Mrs. Jones has insisted she would only agree to avoid a trial if she received an explicit apology from the President.

10.   But Ms. Jones has insisted she would only agree to avoid a trial if she received an explicit apology from the president.