1.   The assassination charges against him also are proceeding, as is the congressional investigation into his business deals.

2.   When Sithole withdrew from the race, he claimed to have documents that proved he had been framed on the assassination charge.

3.   Conviction on the attempted assassination charge would carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.

4.   Federal prosecutors trying to convict on an assassination charge argue that Duran opened fire after mistaking Basso for Clinton.

5.   Gyan Singh, the accused pleaded not guilty to the assassination charge.

6.   Prosecutors filing the attempted assassination charge said the Colorado Springs man had discussed his intentions with people in Colorado.

7.   Prosecutors had previously held out the possibility of seeking an attempted presidential assassination charge, which carries a maximum term of life in prison upon conviction.

8.   The attempted assassination charge carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

9.   To convict on the assassination charge, prosecutors are trying to prove Duran had a plan to kill the president even before he left Colorado Springs.