11.   In the sentencing phase, they listened carefully as Tucker spoke.

12.   Jurors and the court clerk later reported that the lawyer had dozed off during both the guilt-innocence phase and the sentencing phase of the trial.

13.   Jurors begin hearing testimony in the sentencing phase.

14.   Maybe defense attorneys during jury selection were looking forward to the sentencing phase, hoping least one black juror would have an aversion to the death penalty.

15.   Mrs. Smith, found guilty of the double murder Saturday, is now in the sentencing phase of her capital-murder trial.

16.   Now, New York is the only state with a death penalty that does not permit such evidence to be introduced during sentencing phase of the trial.

17.   One thing that will clearly affect the sentencing phase is what the jurors themselves think about the death penalty.

18.   Outside the courthouse, prosecutors were repeatedly asked about their actions during the sentencing phase and their approach toward the death penalty.

19.   Sentencing phase is underway.

20.   The bill would allow juries in the sentencing phase to decide if a person was mentally retarded.