41.   Wall Street firms generally try to avoid court trials, to minimize adverse publicity and the possibility that a jury will award a large amount of damages to plaintiffs.

42.   Williams avoided a trial on weapons charges by entering an intervention program which essentially expunged his record in return for probation and community service.

43.   Would Kelly avoid another trial by accepting a plea deal?

44.   Pinochet himself has been waging a legal battle to avoid trial in Chile.

45.   Pattni has avoided trial for five years.

46.   Platt, as a minor, avoided trial and is now serving a probationary period of volunteer work in a juvenile center in Rome.

47.   A general and two colonels are fighting to avoid trial on charges of masterminding the Mack slaying.

48.   A plea agreement would give the government a full confession from Hanssen and avoid a trial that could reveal sensitive intelligence secrets.

49.   Although they are not immune from prosecution, they can exert influence to avoid trial.

50.   Although not immune from prosecution, they can use their influence to avoid trial.