11.   The defendants claimed the allegations are the product of memories purportedly recovered through therapy and as a result are scientifically unreliable.

12.   The defendants have claimed it was self-defense, but prosecutors contend the killing was gang related.

13.   The project handles cases in which a defendant claims to have been wrongly convicted of murder or rape and in which DNA tests can be done.

14.   This might be difficult, the defendant claimed, since the judge was talking about his wife, mother, sister and two best friends.

15.   Both defendants claimed the crash was the fault of the pilot.

16.   But the defendants claimed that their aim was not to kill Birdal, but to kidnap him and force him to make a press statement renouncing his speeches.

17.   Defendants have also claimed they were tortured in custody.

18.   Glasser entered an innocent plea for Gigante last month after the defendant claimed he could not comprehend the charges.

19.   Howard Baron, an American businessman, was found with a bullet wound to his heart and the defendants claimed his policy had a murder exemption clause.

20.   In court, the defendants claimed they could lead officials to the graves of hundreds of Tamil civilians who were killed by security forces.