Add a team of defence lawyers clever both in argument and in composition (including not just a man in a wheelchair but a young black woman).
On top of that it is claimed that Cherie Blair advised the defence team that they ought to include a human rights defence element.
On March 27th the defence team for Nuon Chea, another of the accused, backed by two other defence teams, asked to see the confidential UN review.
In contrast, the defence team includes the counsel for the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, and a defence lawyer from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (which is trying Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president).
But his defence team moved to have the much-delayed proceedings against him thrown out.
The hearing offered Pte Manning's defence team their first opportunity to argue his case.
The defence team said it would ask the judge to set aside the verdict.
His defence team will have to prove the extenuating circumstances that would justify granting bail.
The eight lawyers on Mr Suharto's defence team strenuously deny any wrongdoing by their client.
The defence team would have to prove extenuating circumstances to justify granting bail if schedule 6 remains.
Mr Skilling's defence team unearthed another apparent inconsistency in Mr Fastow's testimony that resonates with today's events.
"He read a decree in the newspapers, and gave us instructions, to the whole defence team, " Fila said.
During this period, Mr Maduro also met Cilia Flores, his future wife, who was on Mr Chavez's defence team.
Justice Helen Winklemann said that the defence team needed access to the evidence ahead of the extradition hearing, due in March.
His Belgrade lawyer, Milos Saljic, had said the former general would boycott the hearing as his defence team has not been approved.
However, Mr Holmes' defence team said his key card had been deactivated as he was in the process of dropping out.
At the time, forensic scientist David Klatzow, who worked for the defence team, said Mr Van der Vyver's case was not isolated.
The new Egyptian defence team is made of up officials who have trained in the US and are known to the Pentagon, she says.
Rana's defence team argued that he had been manipulated and misled by Headley, an old friend from their days in a Pakistani military school.
His defence team said he died in the north of Darfur on the afternoon of 19 April 2013 and was buried on the same day.
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"The ruling is null and void because it violated the legal procedures and for failing to provide the defence team with sufficient guarantees, " he said.
Sandusky, who was an assistant coach to Paterno co-ordinating the team's defence, spoke with filmmaker John Ziegler, in interviews partly aired on NBC's Today programme on Monday.
Mr Skilling's defence team allege serious prosecutorial misconduct of the sort that ought to result in Mr Skilling's conviction being overturned, with no possibility of a retrial.
El Anssari's defence team had argued that incriminating traces of his DNA found on a cigarette should not be admitted because police had not followed correct procedure.
"Public money would be better spent waiting for the defendant to get his defence team ready and then proceeding to a swift and efficient trial, " Mr Yau said.
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He is set to plead not guilty and his defence team will argue that a brain injury which affected the soldier's memory is a critical element in the case.
Ahead of sentencing, Casburn's defence team told the judge her only offence was "being very unhappy at work and making a mad telephone call" to the News of the World.
Deuchar was the last player to score against Rangers in domestic football back on 16 January and Smith was disappointed he was able to breach his team's defence once again.
"In sentencing the accused, I have taken into consideration the plea for mercy by the defence team, but the law has to take its course, " Judge Okeke is quoted as saying.
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