31.   However, prosecutors argue in their appeal that acquittals by judges are subject to different legal standards than those by juries.

32.   If the conspiracy was ongoing, as prosecutors argue, then the conspiracy charge could rightly be heard in Puerto Rico.

33.   In both cases, prosecutors argued that trucker fatigue contributed to the fatalities.

34.   In the hearing, prosecutors argued that Gotti should not be freed because he has supervising power over the Gambino crime family and was a danger to the community.

35.   In that case, prosecutors argued, the capital defendant would only face the possibility of life in prison.

36.   In the trial, prosecutors argued that the blood came from a knife that Sheppard had used to kill his wife, even though no knife was ever found.

37.   In their filing, the prosecutors argued that their trove of prison tapes was conclusive.

38.   In their request, the prosecutors argued that because the crew violated flight restrictions, jurisdiction agreements in the NATO charter were invalid.

39.   Kim Goldman, the sister of one of the murder victims, had nodded in agreement when prosecutors argued against public display of the pictures.

40.   Last week, a federal prosecutor argued in court that passages of a taped conversation of Texaco executives may have been erased.