11.   As one countermeasure, New York legislators apparently plan, in capital cases, to permit lawyers to question potential jurors in private about their racial attitudes.

12.   At issue is a section of the statute that specifically prohibits the death penalty when a defendant in a capital case reaches a plea agreement with prosecutors.

13.   At issue was a portion of the statute that specifically prohibited the death penalty whenever the defendant in a capital case reached a plea agreement.

14.   Bath, one of a handful of defense attorneys in Kansas who meets the qualifications to try a capital case, said the Kansas law is unlike any other.

15.   Because all jurors in capital cases must be willing to impose a death sentence, there are no ardent opponents of the death penalty on the jury.

16.   Before taking on another capital case, he said, the firm would consider a number of factors, including its impact on other pro bono work.

17.   Black men are disproportionately represented on death row, while almost all capital cases involve white victims.

18.   -- The three sides also seemed to be in agreement that the state should assist small counties that might have trouble paying for long capital cases.

19.   A major factor, Liebman and other lawyers, judges and prosecutors said, is that in capital cases there is no plea bargaining.

20.   A look at how that squares with the way he has handled this and other capital cases at home.