21.   He had urged that the governor drop the appeal.

22.   He has dropped his appeals for a shorter war and abandoned short-term hopes of persuading so-called moderate elements of the Taliban to join with rivals like the Northern Alliance.

23.   He later dropped that appeal, but filed another one just before he was to be executed last June.

24.   He dropped his appeal and will serve his suspension next season.

25.   He told his attorneys in December to drop their appeal of his conviction.

26.   If Clinton dropped his appeal on executive privilege, Starr could call Blumenthal to testify immediately.

27.   In a plea-bargaining deal, Halloran dropped his appeal, pleaded guilty to reduced racketeering charges and was sentenced to the time he had already served.

28.   In recent months, he unsuccessfully tried to hire a new lawyer to help him drop his appeals so he could be executed immediately.

29.   In one instance, the employer dropped the appeal.

30.   Ironically, Chenault had been taken off death row in June and his sentence changed to life in prison in exchange for dropping all appeals.