1.   But defense lawyers are expected to argue that only traces of blood were at various sites, and that these were damaged by improper police handling.

2.   But he defended police handling of the investigation.

3.   Ressler was critical of the police handling of the case, and said they had moved too slowly.

4.   School superintendent Larry Hausenfluke praised police handling of the disaster and said he, too, would not allow any gripe sessions on school property.

5.   Straw is due to release a much-anticipated independent report this month on police handling of the case.

6.   Asian community leaders praised the police handling of the unrest, but said officers had been slow to respond to the original attack on the taxi driver.

7.   Before the trial, however, questions arose about the police handling of the case.

8.   But he said the group is disturbed by police handling of recent demonstrations, and fears the lack of an elected legislature increases the potential for official corruption.

9.   Dehaene told parliament the Justice Ministry was studying a just-completed report into police handling of the investigation.

10.   During cross-examination of Cotton, defense attorney Peter Neufeld offered a hypothetical situation in which blood swatches were contaminated with other blood during police laboratory handling.