21.   Many defendants claim they are victims of circumstance, wrongly arrested because of family ties to sympathizers of Islamic militants.

22.   On Thursday, the defendants also claimed they were tortured into making confessions by Bosnian Serb police.

23.   State Public Defender Stephen E. Harris said his office will review all cases where defendants claimed police fabricated evidence against them.

24.   The defendant claims his mother accidentally impaled herself after falling while holding the pen.

25.   The defendants are claiming that the article was not defamatory, adding that it was only fair comment and justified.

26.   The defendants claim they have been tortured.

27.   The defendant claimed he did not intend to steal the painting, but had wanted to vandalize it.

28.   The defendants claim the army ambushed the group of people in the school.

29.   The defendant claimed he only learned there was heroin in the bag when he was questioned at Jakarta Police Headquarters.

30.   The defendant claimed the injuries were the result of trying to save Whipple.