71.   The three condemned men were tried behind closed doors before the State Security Court, whose verdicts cannot be appealed.

72.   Their push to try the men together was also an attempt to prevent multiple separate trials for related offenses and avoid further slowing down activities at the tribunal.

73.   The United States and Britain recently reversed long-standing demands that the two men be tried only in their countries and urged a trial before Scottish judges in the Netherlands.

74.   The United States and Britain want the men tried in either country.

75.   The United States and Britain want the men tried in one of their countries.

76.   The two men are being tried again based on new evidence.

77.   To break the deadlock, the two countries proposed in August that the men be tried by a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands as a neutral venue.

78.   Under the U.S.-British plan, the two men would be tried in the Netherlands, but under Scottish law and by a panel of three Scottish judges.

79.   Two other men were also tried.

80.   Two other men are being tried on charges of covering up the murder by not informing police.