1.   Casey spent more than two years researching the case and interviewed most of the major players, including James Bergstrom.

2.   Ceci and Bruck researched court cases back to the Salem witch trials, studying testimony of children and the reaction of juries to it.

3.   He was a consultant or researched such cases as the Los Angeles Night Stalker and such killers as Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy.

4.   Laurie Mylroie, the former Harvard academic who has researched the case extensively, says he is a Pakistani Baluch who is working for Iraqi intelligence.

5.   Lawyers from both the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an electronic rights organization, are researching the case and considering whether to get involved.

6.   More often, time spent talking to a reporter can be better spent researching your case in the law library, Levin said.

7.   The lawyer, who insisted on anonymity, said by telephone that he picked up the memo in the Phoenix court while researching another case.

8.   The team has been researching the case for at least two years.

9.   Thirteen states researched the case cooperatively with the Justice Department.

10.   Volunteers poked through records, researched legal cases and discreetly approached current and former administrators for tips.