71.   Hynes acknowledged that the convictions had been wrong.

72.   If Simpson is convicted, it will be because some higher power decided that a conviction was in order.

73.   If charges are later dropped or there is no conviction, a judge would order the DNA samples destroyed, Barrientos said.

74.   In the court system, for example, records show that numerous appeals have been filed because of allegations of interpreter error, although overturned convictions are rare.

75.   In the Mathu case and several others that occurred off campus, Boston police pressed charges, but there were few convictions.

76.   In the past three years, he said, there have been seven convictions in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.

77.   Isaacks, whose office would handle this case, said that in certain cases records can be expunged if there is no conviction.

78.   Last fall, there were convictions for drug use and possession by members and officials of Festina, a popular French cycling team.

79.   Legal experts said murder charges in mechanical mishaps are stunningly rare and that winning convictions will be tough, if not impossible.

80.   More common is the conviction of Muhammad Naeem, a sturdy man who was pumping gas.