51.   But the defense will apparently try to reduce the charge to manslaughter by bringing in the homosexual angle to get off with the maximum life imprisonment.

52.   But the defense will apparently try to seek a manslaughter ruling by stressing the homosexual angle to get off with the maximum life sentence under that charge.

53.   Darden said he felt the defense was aggressively trying to oust the juror.

54.   Fuhrman is considered a key witness and the defense will try to undermine his credibility.

55.   In all, five jurors were chosen Monday, including two black women the defense unsuccessfully tried to bar from the panel.

56.   Musa, who led the investigations against Anwar, said there was no high-level conspiracy, as the defense is trying to prove.

57.   Prosecutors objected on grounds that the defense is trying to keep the witness away from the jury and is using unfounded claims of fear.

58.   The defense also tried to undermine the credibility of Salem and FBI agent John Anticev to discredit transcripts of conversations taped by Salem.

59.   The defense has never tried to argue Amir was insane.

60.   The defense is trying to establish that the defendants were tortured and forced to confess.