21.   But the trial was delayed to give the judge time to handle a mountain of pretrial motions and then to undergo treatment for prostate cancer.

22.   Daschle warns that the trial will be delayed if new witnesses are brought in.

23.   Defense appeals and the difficulties of assembling a summer jury in Washington have delayed the trial.

24.   Defense attorneys speculated he might order a change in venue, possibly to another Caribbean island, or delay the trial to later in the year.

25.   Ellis dismissed the idea that delaying the trial would make it more fair.

26.   Federal judges are required by law to act more quickly on criminal matters, so civil trials are inevitably delayed in their favor.

27.   He has pleaded not guilty, but the trial was delayed after he stabbed a New York jail guard in the eye with a sharpened comb.

28.   If a mental defense is sought, hearings could significantly delay the trial.

29.   In their filing, the defense lawyers also said Kaczynski was clearly not trying to delay the trial.

30.   Ito turned her down, as he did another defense plea to delay the trial and free Simpson on bail.