61.   Danilov said he mailed the briefs on time in seven of the cases while three other clients had chosen to drop their appeals.

62.   Federal prosecutors dismissed the other charges of extortion and racketeering in exchange for a promise from Caldwell to drop his appeals.

63.   Hamilton County commissioners cited costs in agreeing to drop the appeal.

64.   He dropped all appeals in January and has until Friday to seek clemency from President Bush.

65.   He has dropped all appeals but will have one last chance to seek a stay of execution two hours before he is scheduled to die.

66.   He later killed two fellow inmates and has been fighting to drop his appeals for more than seven years.

67.   He later dropped the appeal and served the penalty.

68.   However, to his surprise and anger, the Wuhan municipal state security department asked him to drop the appeal.

69.   In February, the relatives dropped their appeal in hopes of reaching a settlement with the German government.

70.   In December, he asked that all appeals be dropped and his death be scheduled quickly.