51.   Partly, that was because legal rules are liberal during the penalty phase of a trial, even permitting witnesses to repeat hearsay that would normally be barred.

52.   Regardless of the outcome of the penalty phase, Nichols still faces trial on state charges of murder, bombing and conspiracy in Oklahoma.

53.   Prosecutors declined to retry the penalty phase, meaning Dally will be automatically sentenced to life in prison without parole.

54.   So far, two of these cases have gone through both the trial and penalty phases, and the defendants have been sentenced.

55.   She will testify in the penalty phase of the trial.

56.   Some family members hope McVeigh is sentenced to death when the penalty phase of the trial begins Wednesday.

57.   That law said the fact that a crime victim attended or watched a trial should not automatically bar the victim from testifying at the penalty phase.

58.   The defense may wrap up its case in the penalty phase today.

59.   The defense case in the penalty phase is expected to wrap up as early as today.