31.   And there can be opposition within the firm to handling death penalty cases.

32.   And they say that once the trials begin, Carter lets his prosecutors handle the cases with minimal interference.

33.   Arkansas officials have yet to take a public position on the merits, said Tim Gauger, an assistant attorney general who is handling the case.

34.   As a law professor who also handled criminal cases on appeal over several decades,he apparently prepared well and assumed nothing, but never indulged in courtroom histrionics.

35.   As a preliminary matter, the derailment was assigned to the FBI division that handles terrorism cases.

36.   As explained by negotiators Wednesday, the capital defenders unit would consist of three people who would certify that various lawyers were qualified to handle death penalty cases.

37.   As attorney general he spent much of his professional life handling cases of people he could not help because they were already dead.

38.   As an attorney, Pugh said, he handled a case several years ago in which a man had been arrested for having an ounce of marijuana.

39.   Assistant Prosecutor Michael Wendling, one who is handling the case, agreed that at another time, the situation would have been handled differently.

40.   Assistant District Attorney Grace Harris begins to have doubts about how Field is handling the case when a crucial piece of DNA evidence disappears.