21.   Most often, the quality of the representation defendants received was found by appeals court judges to have been deficient, Professor James Liebman said.

22.   On Tuesday, presiding Judge Shigeko Inaba said the court judged that Votier had no intention of responding to the suit.

23.   The Foca trial, which starts today at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, marks the first time an international court will judge a case about sexual enslavement.

24.   The Republican proposal on appeals court judges calls for a Judiciary Committee hearing and vote to be held in all cases, to be followed by full Senate consideration.

25.   The previous law, which took effect last February, was declared unconstitutional because of several provisions that the court judged unfair.

26.   This is the first time the courts will judge the accountability of top government officials.

27.   This is the first time the courts will judge the accountability of top government officials, however.

28.   The court judged the divison of this region as unconstitutional, the official, who requested anonymity, told AFP.

29.   The court also judged illegal the three-man limit on foreign players in the European competitions.

30.   The court did not judge the merits of the two cases, saying that the responsibility of judgement lay with national courts.