31.   The defense contends that the images of the rings in the video are too fuzzy to be identified.

32.   The defense contends that the parents were standing.!

33.   The defense contends there was no pause, citing accounts of other witnesses who did not hear one.

34.   The defense had contended that there was no evidence directly tying the defendants or others in Al Qaeda to the killings.

35.   The defense has contended that his emotional disturbance came to a head after the end of a brief affair with a Japanese woman.

36.   The defense contended that Fleiss was entrapped.

37.   The defense contends Matthew may have died of a preexisting, undetected head injury.

38.   The defense contends the fight was an isolated case.

39.   The defense contended that Campbell had no knowledge of any brake problem before or during the trip, and thus was not criminally responsible for the deaths and injuries.

40.   The defense contended that its clients were just trying to protect themselves from the Persico faction and Scarpa in particular.