1.   Stalin staged a series of show trials.

2.   They were forced to confess their guilt in public show trials.

3.   The trial of senior Securitate chiefs in Timisoara was dismissed by the opposition as a show trial instead of the wholesale purge which they demanded.

4.   At the time of the show trial, the Khmer Rouge movement had already been weakened by mass defections to the government in Phnom Penh.

5.   After the show trial the Khmer Rouge issued a statement saying they would not hand Pol Pot over to an international tribunal to be tried from crimes against humanity.

6.   But specialists in international law expect more show trials than justice.

7.   But the Iran episode certainly gives the Republicans one more opportunity for a show trial.

8.   For a media-hyped Kennedy-family show trial, the Michael Skakel murder case now winding down here has been one heck of a disappointment.

9.   For China to snatch our academics and put them on show trials for espionage may be dismaying.

10.   Granted a moment to address the court Wednesday, Amir criticized the proceedings as a show trial.