1.   Only if a local prosecutor then drops the case, deeming it unwinnable, might a prisoner gain freedom.

2.   Among other things, Hatch wanted to allow for the use of the death penalty and said the current bill would remove too much authority from local prosecutors.

3.   Any employee discovered accepting payments is fired, and the evidence against them is turned over to local prosecutors, Byrnes said.

4.   Attorney General John Ashcroft would have to decide whether to seek the death penalty before any trial begins if the local prosecutor recommends it.

5.   Because he had said that his local prosecutor should prosecute Linda Tripp for taping telephone conversations with Monica Lewinsky without her permission.

6.   A Navy spokesman said that under the agreement, U.S. authorities detain servicemen accused of crimes on Japanese soil until local prosecutors obtain an indictment.

7.   A local prosecutor is still investigating the case, and a civil lawsuit has been brought against some of the agents involved.

8.   A one-day investigation into the death by the local prosecutor concluded that no foul play was involved.

9.   A one-day investigation into the death by the local prosecutor concluded that no foul play had been involved.

10.   All cases that resulted in other convictions could have been handled by a local prosecutor.