71.   The shooting occurred during a drunken brawl, and the defense argued that Greg habitually abused Jeff, who finally snapped.

72.   The rules on handling PARD material are looser and, the defense will argue, the exposure of such information would pose far less of a security risk.

73.   The transcripts were released after media attorneys, another former juror and the defense argued that they should be made public.

74.   Therefore, the defense argued, it had the right to rebut that by introducing a real blueprint.

75.   This, the defense argues, was legitimate work.

76.   Uelmen indicated the defense will argue that spousal abuse figures do not correlate with homicide numbers.

77.   Because the prosecution never rebutted that, the defense argued in its latest court briefs, the old injury must stand as a fact.

78.   Both sides agreed the agents never obtained classified information, but the defense argued they were never instructed to get U.S. secrets.

79.   But Circuit Judge Jerald Bagley told the jury to take the murder conviction as a given and did not allow the defense to argue innocence.

80.   But the defense argued that the case be dismissed in line with a general amnesty for war crimes declared by the government after the conflict.