21.   In addition to the mercy-plea claim, the lawyers claimed that the law allows prosecutors to arbitrarily select which defendants face execution.

22.   In the first rejected appeal, his lawyers claimed that jurors at his trial were given faulty sentencing instructions.

23.   Its lawyers claimed that forcing them to reveal trade-secret ingredients is akin to taking private property without fair compensation.

24.   Lawyers for Pinochet claimed immunity from prosecution because of his position as a senator.

25.   Lawyers also claim that Gagliardi rushes trials along at a clip that makes it hard for the defense to keep up with the proceedings.

26.   Mihalko said investigators conferred with Justice Department lawyers to minimize the danger that defense lawyers could successfully claim entrapment of their clients.

27.   One Florida lawyer has even claimed that Prozac caused his client to suffer from nymphomania, which led to her arrest on prostitution charges.

28.   One scout lawyer claimed two months ago that letting gay males into the cave is like forcing the NAACP to serve white people.

29.   Some lawyers claim that this inverts the normal requirements of the law, demanding that the defendants prove a negative to secure release.

30.   Suave and self-assured, the handsome young lawyer claimed Hill had once accused him of leading her on.