11.   He said the defense would argue at trial that it was negligence by the fire department that caused the deaths of the firefighters.

12.   In the criminal case, the defense argued that the investigators were racially prejudiced.

13.   In retaliation, the defense argued, Mrs. Nikc and her family plotted to kill Rukaj.

14.   In this case, the defense had argued that it could not get a fair trial with a jury because of advance publicity and anti-Libyan feeling.

15.   It dismissed an African-American woman, beginning the first in a series of sidebar discussions in which the defense argued that the prosecution was dismissing jurors based on race.

16.   Moreover, the defense argues, such scientific and probability issues are likely to cause confusion among jurors.

17.   Now the results will go to the jury -- and the defense will argue that they were irretrievably marred by slipshod collection, preservation and analysis.

18.   On the other hand, Crump said, the defense can argue that Yates has no prior criminal history.

19.   On those items, the defense will argue, the blood was planted.

20.   On the four charges related to contributing services to the Taliban, the defense argued that the government has no authority to make such charges.