21.   The information was available to the Mexican government months earlier, U.S. prosecutors acknowledged.

22.   The prosecutor acknowledged mistakes by authorities investigating the crime.

23.   Without bodies, eyewitnesses or strong physical evidence, prosecutors acknowledge murder charges would be hard to prove.

24.   Perez implicated the defendants and was expected to be the star witness, but prosecutors acknowledged last week that he may not testify.

25.   Prosecutors acknowledged that Aleksovski sometimes tried to care for his prisoners, but stressed he more often did not.

26.   A lower court ruled largely against prosecutors and set a standard the prosecutors acknowledged would have made the case against Hubbell extremely difficult to prove.

27.   Although prosecutors acknowledge Estrada cannot be compelled to appear in the Senate, most hope he will attend to allow them to question him and test his credibility.

28.   Although prosecutors acknowledged Yates was mentally ill, the jury decided she knew her actions were wrong.

29.   Defendants accused of belonging to a banned Muslim fundamentalist group deny any links to groups with similar views that have embraced violence, prosecutors acknowledge.

30.   Federal prosecutors acknowledged the law addresses new and unfamiliar territory surrounding the distribution and protection of digital content.