1.   At one point, prosecutors weighed whether they could file a criminal racketeering complaint, using a federal law usually applied against organized crime and drug traffickers.

2.   But the Orange County Register has reported that federal prosecutors are also weighing charges of obstruction of justice against Kim.

3.   Dowd said that Mercantile confirmed this defense in a letter to prosecutors two months after the initial indictment, as prosecutors weighed possible new charges.

4.   In deciding whether to use DNA, prosecutors must weigh how much other evidence they have in their arsenal and how serious the crime is.

5.   Justice Department prosecutors are weighing whether to bring new charges against Terry Nichols, one of two brothers being held as material witnesses in the case.

6.   Justice Department prosecutors are weighing their own inquiry regardless of what happens on the Hill.

7.   Meantime, prosecutors are weighing whether to recall Kaelin to the witness stand.

8.   Prosecutors also weighed whether to seek the death penalty.

9.   Prosecutors are now weighing whether to charge Lee with a lesser crime of mishandling and failing to adequately safeguard classified information.

10.   That conviction was overturned last year on appeal, and prosecutors are weighing whether to retry the case.