51.   Only a small fraction of them is expected to attend the trial, which could start here in October and last for more than six months.

52.   Retired aerospace engineer Bill Phillips followed the case closely, attended the trial on eight occasions, and managed to get a seat for the reading of the verdicts.

53.   Shakur did not attend the trial.

54.   She has attended the trial every day with her mother, Sharon, and several security guards provided by the city.

55.   Some family members of the defendants have been allowed to attend the trial, their first opportunity to see the defendants since their arrests more than two years ago.

56.   The court said the existence of the video should have been revealed by a Thompson lawyer who knew about it and attended the trial.

57.   The last time she attended the trial was shortly after her tearful testimony in February.

58.   The severity of the sentence shocked lawyers and human rights representatives attending the trial.

59.   The silence was broken by the Rev. Henry Price of Hartford, one of several black ministers who had attended the trial diligently.

60.   The relatives complained about the choice of United Nations observers attending the trial.