21.   At this point, there is no way to predict whether the all-star defense team will make a difference in the outcome of the case.

22.   Attorney Alan Dershowitz, who was involved in the Simpson criminal defense team, did not contest the verdicts or the damages.

23.   Bailey also plays on both punt teams, the kickoff team and the field goal defense team.

24.   Baker also argued that the plaintiffs had chosen to ignore evidence offered by the defense team that the Los Angeles police had bungled the Simpson investigation.

25.   Because of this, he could prove to be a valuable witness to the Lewis defense team.

26.   Because the award was a fraction of the damages that could have been assessed, several members of the defense team immediately claimed that they had won the case.

27.   Before the hearing, the prosecution and the defense teams filed a joint motion seeking a trial date in mid-November.

28.   Both Tiebauer and Michelle Bergman, a spokeswoman for ABC News, said neither Woodham nor his defense team had been compensated in any way for the interview.

29.   -- For the first time, the Simpson defense team indicated it would be willing to postpone the start of trial -- but only for a few days.

30.   A committee of senior prosecutors in her office reviewed the case, and she and her staff also met with the defense team.