1.   The trial had to be abandoned when it was discovered that jury members had been got at by the Mafia.

2.   The upshot of all this was that the trial had to be delayed.

3.   Almost by definition, a political trial should have more demonstrators than defendants.

4.   Also, doctors know that initial gains may be small, because clinical trials have to start with the sickest, hardest-to-treat patients.

5.   And once again Americans may be reminded that trials have political fallout, too.

6.   As a result, they ruled, the trial would have to reopen, meaning that witnesses and the victim can be called to testify again.

7.   A criminal trial will have to wait until Clinton is no longer president.

8.   But human clinical trials have yet to be attempted, and routine use by cancer victims may still be several years away at best.

9.   But if the trial has weeks to go by next Tuesday, he should deliver the speech.

10.   But while the trial had its moments of catharsis for survivors, triumph for Ferguson and grand guignol for television viewers, it was finally anything but satisfying.