1.   And the prosecutor emphatically tried to cut the discussion short, saying it had little relevance.

2.   At one point, prosecutors tried without success to have him declared a hostile witness, so they could cross-examine him rather than just examine him.

3.   At that hearing, prosecutors will try to persuade the judge that they have sufficient evidence to proceed with a full trial of Skakel on the murder charge.

4.   Before Nichols was released Tuesday, prosecutors tried to impose two more restrictions.

5.   A Belgian prosecutor is trying to open proceedings against Saddam Hussein of Iraq, whose case is also being studied by American officials.

6.   But federal prosecutors are trying to persuade federal judges in Michigan and Kansas to keep them jailed until they testify before a grand jury.

7.   But legal experts say prosecutors may try to use the photos to show a pattern of spousal abuse.

8.   But no prosecutor has tried a death-penalty case in New York, and no lawyer has defended someone in such a case, in nearly a generation.

9.   But not many prosecutors would try to make such a case, Stone said.