1.   The lawyer asked the judge for a continuance.

2.   Archer, however, apologized to the young woman and her family and asked the judge for clemency.

3.   Ask any judge who deals with kids.

4.   Attorney General Bill Lockler last month asked a judge in San Francisco to force Mirant and Houston-based Reliant to sell some power plants.

5.   A gaunt man with deeply creased eyebrows, Salim asked the judge for clarifications several times, and at one point apologized for asking too many questions.

6.   A three-year-old state law allows prosecutors to ask judges for permission to try any youth as an adult, no matter how young.

7.   A. The Democrats are expected to ask a judge in Tallahassee to examine the voting procedures and tallies from Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and other counties.

8.   After learning of the conversation, the defense asked the judge to interview every juror about whether they had perceived racial tensions or shared opinions about the case.

9.   Both defense and prosecution, he said, have asked the judges to define more precisely what constitutes an offense.

10.   But after four hours of deliberation, jurors came back into the courtroom and asked the judge for the legal definition of comfort.