21.   Levenson said she believes the defense is trying to put pressure on a judge who has issued a series of unfavorable rulings against them.

22.   One of her lawyers said the defense would not try to convince the jury that she was insane, only deeply troubled and mentally ill.

23.   Or does it seem that the defense is trying to turn the case into a trial of the prosecution?

24.   Robert Pugsley, a criminal law professor at Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles, agrees that the defense will try to make Graham the real villain.

25.   That, he said, is something the defense will try to address if the case is retried.

26.   The defense has also tried to portray the four defendants as normal citizens who happen to serve in a paramilitary operation.

27.   The defense has tried to show that television and news coverage were more intense in Oklahoma than outside the state.

28.   The defense may also try to prove that the defendants are mere malcontents who happen to share a love of guns and illegal explosives.

29.   The defense might still try to gain some advantage from the loss of Lopez as a witness.

30.   The defense tried again to stop Abu Talb from testifying, saying it needed more time to check the new evidence.