11.   Before issuing the order of forfeiture, the trial judge listened to four days of testimony, in which government witnesses detailed numerous drug transactions with Libretti.

12.   Because of the Mexican press report, Rodriguez said, other government witnesses may no longer cooperate or testify.

13.   Blutrich later admitted his role in defrauding the insurer and a variety of other crimes, and became a government witness.

14.   Both Shohat and Shapiro have turned into government witnesses against Bailey.

15.   - Salvatore Gravano, the Mafia underboss who became a protected government witness, pleaded guilty Friday to heading the largest Ecstasy syndicate ever operated in Arizona.

16.   A government witness had acknowledged under cross-examination that Reddy had the skill to produce the material on his own.

17.   A government witness testified she saw him run from his bank after it was robbed.

18.   A rushed and farcical trial followed, in which key government witnesses identified the accused while admitting that they had not, in fact, witnessed the killings.

19.   All have become government witnesses in exchange for leniency for their crimes.

20.   But in another case, Ray was praised for revealing that a government witness had lied in a trial.