1.   A jury acquitted Mesa in April after a trial in which prosecutors portrayed him as a philanderer who used his celebrity status to violate a woman.

2.   But neither man has been portrayed by prosecutors in the kind of senior position which the government contends Salim had in the organization run by bin Laden.

3.   But prosecutors portrayed the case much differently, painting Delury as a selfish person who had coerced his wife into committing suicide.

4.   But prosecutors portrayed Arthur as the leader of the two.

5.   During sentencing hearings for nine Vipers last week, government prosecutors portrayed the group as a dangerous paramilitary band that conducted military exercises.

6.   During a five-week trial, prosecutors portrayed Dally as a drug-using womanizer who had mesmerized Haun and manipulated her into killing his wife.

7.   He said prosecutors had falsely portrayed his character and role in the crime.

8.   In announcing the indictment Thursday, prosecutors portrayed the three leaders as efficient and brutal criminals and their associations as only modestly disguised fronts.

9.   In the criminal trial, prosecutors portrayed Simpson as a jealous husband who killed his ex-wife as the final step in a classic spousal-abuse pattern.