1.   Levin and other senators suggested cutting the scope of such probes and the time prosecutors can spend on them.

2.   This time prosecutors presented only minimal evidence of the pain and suffering of the victims and the horror of the crime.

3.   Earlier testimony showed Irving officers met with prosecutors five times on details of the drug raid.

4.   Statutes of limitations, which limit the time prosecutors can file charges, help ensure fair trials, Griffin and civil liberties groups argue.

5.   The Moscow civil trial marks the first time prosecutors have used the religion law to try to disband a religious group.