81.   California courts have recognized an exception for evidence vitally needed by criminal defendants, who have a constitutional right to a fair trial.

82.   Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is urging Congress to provide more pay for lawyers who represent federal criminal defendants too poor to afford an attorney.

83.   Criminal defendants generally do not have to reveal details of their defense to prosecutors before trial.

84.   Criminal defendants who become cooperating witnesses are supposed to admit their past criminal activity to the government.

85.   Criminal defendants in Japan often confess during intense police interrogations, only to claim later that their confessions were extracted under duress.

86.   Exceptions would be made for actions involving international trade and commerce, those that protect public health and safety and those that protect the rights of criminal defendants.

87.   For Wang and Qin, authorities undermined even the slim legal safeguards for criminal defendants.

88.   Guilt in court trials is a foregone conclusion in Vietnam, where criminal defendants are typically assumed guilty unless proven innocent.

89.   Greenspan said the case was an exception because Tyson was a criminal defendant and there were no other sources for the information.

90.   In Vietnam criminal defendants are presumed guilty until proven innocent, and the burden of proof rests with the defense.