Gone are the Devils who employed that stultifying neutral-zone trap and relied on Brodeur and their defense to save them.

WSJ: Don't Tell Martin Brodeur It's His Swan Song

But what may save Napster is not a novel legal defense, but the fact that the service is far less scary to the labels than other, decentralized swapping communities.

CNN: Napster takes the defensive

He regularly clowns for the gallery: He nods vigorously in assent when his defense team says Moussaoui believes they are out to kill him, then shakes his head just as vigorously when the defense describes how they've been trying to save him from the death penalty.

NPR: Moussaoui Courts Death, and the Media, at Trial

Now with Littleton, the defense is taking the shotgun approach to point to Littleton to save Skakel .

CNN: Moxley Case: Chat with first reporter on the scene

And that's why we have passed a defense bill that eliminates some of the waste and inefficiency in our defense process -- reforms that will better protect our nation, better protect our troops, and save taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act