31.   Both Tembo and Kadzamira, along with Banda, were acquitted of conspiracy and murder charges in a lengthy trial that ended last December.

32.   International observers had hoped for a system under which inmates could plea-bargain their way out of lengthy trials.

33.   Prasad said he agreed to plead no contest to avoid a lengthy trial.

34.   Senate President Aquilino Pimentel, widely respected for his independence, said he will try to avoid a lengthy trial that could further harm the economy.

35.   Stuart Hanlon left because he was a widower with two small children and could not travel from San Francisco for a lengthy trial.

36.   The decision to hand over the suspects ended seven years of punishing sanctions against Libya and began what could be a lengthy trial process in the Netherlands.

37.   The family said Thursday it believed the attack was racially motivated, an element which was ruled out at two lengthy criminal trials which ended last week.

38.   The family also plans to allege that the attack was racially motivated, an element which was ruled out at two lengthy criminal trials which ended last week.

39.   The women decided to settle the case in order to avoid a lengthy trial and possible appeals and also to make public the judgement against Chevron, Dickson said.

40.   Two former interior ministers were absolved of embezzlement charges Tuesday at the end of a lengthy trial into the misuse of public funds under former Socialist governments.