21.  A jury heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Joseph and Evelyn Djoumessi.

22.  After opening statements from lawyers and protesters, the commission agreed to a three-week adjournment to allow the protesters more time to raise legal fees.

23.  After opening statements, each side calls witnesses, who will be subject to cross-examination.

24.  Because of the lengthy arguments, Superior Court Judge Lance Ito delayed opening statements by the prosecution and defense until Tuesday morning.

25.  But the judge adjourned the first day after the prosecutor gave his half-hour opening statement.

26.  Defense attorney David Hoose, in his opening statement, countered that all of the patients who died were suffering from serious illnesses that ultimately killed them.

27.  He asked to reopen negotiations the week before opening statements, prosecutors said in a letter to defense lawyers.

28.  In a letter to defense lawyers Monday, federal prosecutors said Siddig Ali asked to discuss the possibility of cooperating a week before opening statements.

29.  In Buffalo, New York, where Simpson spent most of his pro football career, a group of lawyers scheduled a late lunch to watch opening statements.

30.  In his opening statement Thursday, Ferguson told jurors that an unknown white man snatched his gun while he slept, then opened fire on the commuter train.