International human rights groups have raised questions about the conduct of the tribunals, including the disappearance of a defense witness outside the courthouse gates.
That would change Mr. Pettitte's role in the trial from that of a key prosecution witness to an asset for the defense.
Simpson's former houseguest Brian "Kato" Kaelin took the witness stand after the defense concluded its cross-examination of Detective Philip Vannatter, the lead investigator in the case.
The jury had met Bradley, whose mother and two children were killed in the blast, when she was called as a defense witness in the first part of the trial.
Both sides rested their cases Monday after the defense called back to the witness stand two friends of Clarkson.
Reviewing aloud the text during cross-examination of prosecution witness Corey Walsh, defense attorney Robert Baum sought to make the FBI agent counter his prior testimony that Valle's e-mails and online chats with others who said they were interested in cannibalism were real.
Clinton was subpoenaed to testify as a defense witness in the trial of his two former partners in the Whitewater real estate venture in Arkansas -- James McDougal and his former wife, Susan McDougal.
Perhaps the most contentious aspect of the case came when the defense tried to call the prime minister as a witness.
In a surprise move, U.S. District Judge George Howard also allowed Julie Hiatt Steele to be called as a witness, as the defense tried to bolster their charge of prosecutorial mistreatment.
Assistant District Attorney Patrick Blessington argued that if Lynn's defense attorneys "attacked the creditability" of the witness, the Commonwealth would be allowed to tell the jury Avery pleaded guilty.
Defense attorney Daniel Petrocelli asked if the witness had any inklings of the fate awaiting Enron.
Simasiku said the state did not have an expert witness to counter a planned defense argument that Barnard actually died from lack of care in the hospital and not as a result of injuries sustained in the accident.
For one thing, while there is a federal statute empowering judges to grant immunity at the request of prosecutors, there is no equivalent for defense-requested witness immunity.
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Three of the FAA witnesses are on the government's witness list, and four are on the defense witness list.
The case for the prosecution was weak but it was complicated by a completely incompetent defense attorney who needlessly antagonized witness who were actually agreeing with his client (he antagonized members of the jury in the process).
MANASSAS, Virginia (CNN) -- A Virginia judge ordered prosecutors to review a 23-page document containing witness statements in the Washington-area sniper investigation Tuesday and turn over any excerpts that could aid the defense of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad.
At sentencing, it is common for defense counsel and judges alike to invoke the passage of time and intervening efforts by the cooperating witness to acknowledge his or her wrongdoing as factors in favor of a reduced sentence.
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Almost all the original physical evidence was missing, including the apparent murder weapon, and the only eyewitness to the event was the mother of both the victim and the shooter and she would no doubt be summoned as the star witness for the defense.
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