11.   Both the prosecution and defense teams declined comment, saying they would wait until the conclusion of the penalty phase, if it occurs.

12.   A penalty phase begins with a hearing scheduled for Monday, after which the same jury will decide whether to sentence her to death or to life in prison.

13.   A mistrial would merely force a new penalty phase.

14.   A penalty phase would be conducted to determine if he would be sentenced to death.

15.   Abramson said she did not consider the penalty phase a success, despite the verdict.

16.   According to the judge, the penalty phase will last most of the week.

17.   Again, during the penalty phase of the trial, the defense offered extensive evidence that Penry was severely retarded and had been terribly abused as a child.

18.   But if Gilbert is convicted of murder and the trial moves into the penalty phase, evidence rules will be more lax.

19.   But in the penalty phase of the separate trials for both men, the jury could not agree on the death penalty for either bomber.

20.   But Weisberg said biological arguments might find their way into courtrooms in the penalty phase of a trial.