41.   Citing the lack of additional prosecution evidence, defense attorneys asked that Hill immediately sentence Yates to life.

42.   Defense attorneys asked the court for an adjournment after the prosecution expanded the indictment to accuse all nine on manslaughter charges.

43.   Defense attorneys have asked her not to comment, and she fears anything she says might be misconstrued, her office says.

44.   Defense attorneys asked for a change of venue to Rome or Perugia.

45.   Defense attorneys asked for mercy, saying Newbury never shot the officer or intended to kill him.

46.   Defense attorneys asked for the mistrial for Raita Fukusaku after prosecutors dismissed six potential jurors of Hawaiian ancestry.

47.   Defense attorneys asked the court to send the case to the constitutional court for a review.

48.   Defense attorneys asked the judge to allow testimony and evidence they say will implicate the former tutor, Kenneth Littleton, as the killer.

49.   Defense attorneys had asked the court to dismiss the charges against all the defendants.

50.   Defense attorneys asked for no prison time for Phengsene, arguing that he was remorseful and that the accident occurred near a construction zone.