But it is not simply a case of pointing a rocket and sitting back.
During closing arguments, his defense sought to poke holes in the prosecution's case, pointing to inconsistencies with the testimony of Mike McQueary, a former graduate student and assistant coach who said he saw Sandusky apparently sodomizing a boy in a university shower.
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The defence case relied on pointing the finger at another person entirely - Mrs Power's lover Alison Lewis.
Already, families who believe vaccines can trigger autism are pointing to the case of 9-year-old Hannah Poling as a major victory.
Along the way, she made the case for government services, pointing out in now famous off-the cuff comments that no one makes it completely on their own efforts, but needs the help of the wider society, remarks that no doubt have greater resonance in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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She also said that Fuhrman was peripheral to her case given the mass of evidence pointing to Simpson's guilt.
Many legal analysts snickered at the Bush team's attempt to push the case toward the Supreme Court, pointing out there was little in the GOP challenge to recommend it to a federal sounding board.
Now that Digg has caved to its users and allowed them to post the code, attorney Gregory Rutchik of the San Francisco-based Arts and Technology Law Group says the site could be sued by the AACS. "Giving someone code that expressly instructs how to steal content is infringing, " Rutchik says, pointing to the 2600 case as a precedent.
At various points during his arguments the justices seemed to take pity on him, pointing out weaknesses in his case and suggesting stronger avenues to pursue.
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The prosecution opened its case against Mr Yeung on Friday by pointing to huge amounts of money that it said had gone through the ex-hairdresser's bank accounts.
Both sides have argued their case before Congress and in the media, pointing to old statutes and tossing around legal opinions.
Sharon Campbell, a trainer for a software company in New York, recently made a case for a raise following her performance review, pointing to contributions she'd made for the company and reiterating accolades she received during her review.
Simpson for the killing of Ron Goldman--he did a good job of pointing out the weaknesses in the government's case.
But it seems more than a little strange to see him pointing to a guy who is basically making the case that Pincus (or someone else) ought to take Zynga private.
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First, finger pointing between left and right is off the mark in this case.
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That option is preferable to waiting several more years for EPA to finish a rewrite, it says, pointing out that the one jurist who dissented has already made their case.
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Feminists are certainly not in the habit of pointing out the advantages that women share in employment market, particularly in this case involving Wal-Mart, are they Ms. Goudreau?
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"I think there is a very strong case to be made that the agricultural trends, the demographic trends and the climatic trends are pointing towards a rapidly deteriorating risk outlook, " Mr Bailey said.
Unfortunately many online reports on these sell-outs are pointing out that the sold-out locations received only a handful of units, and in the case of some chain stores just one or two Surface Pro units were supplied for the launch of the device.
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