61.   The defense says the case was trumped up by the U.S. government working with an informer from Egypt who was driven by financial and political reasons to frame them.

62.   The defense says the Hearst-Tobin tape is an important piece of evidence.

63.   The government fabricated some evidence, the defense said.

64.   The jury has been poring over crucial blood evidence that the defense says may have been contaminated or planted.

65.   A day after the prosecution finished its arguments, the defense said the Syrian government has a memo saying the bombing was carried out by a Palestinian militant group.

66.   A medical expert for the defense said that could have been caused by a single blow.

67.   Also left to be decided by Ito was whether the defense may say in opening statements that Detective Mark Fuhrman once allegedly uttered a slur against blacks.

68.   But the defense said the blood was collected nearly three weeks after the slayings and is unreliable.

69.   But the defense says up to a quarter of the blood is gone.

70.   But the defense said Brazill was inexperienced in using handguns and the shooting of English teacher Barry Grunow was an accident.