21.   The district attorney in Colorado overseeing the JonBenet Ramsey homicide case on Friday appointed two new special prosecutors to present evidence to a grand jury.

22.   The league wanted no part of further glorifying Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis, who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a double homicide case before last season.

23.   The medical examiner did not rule the case a homicide Thursday.

24.   The prosecutors needed the papers to prepare for a homicide case against Weaver and an associate, Kevin Harris, for the death of Degan.

25.   The stakes are highest in homicide cases, which often end with a sentence of life in prison.

26.   They watched a cut-and-dried homicide case dissolve in an acid bath of legal grandstanding, investigatory incompetence and racial ill will.

27.   Two police detectives who worked on the Ramsey homicide case filed defamation suits against the Boulder police department.

28.   Previously, local homicide cases were tried in federal court.

29.   And prosecutors are required to maintain physical evidence in homicide cases throughout the appeals process and in some cases beyond.

30.   In a homicide case, a successful defense of provocation reduces murder to manslaughter, which can carry a much lighter sentence.