A month before the trial started, Dayan and I spoke on the phone.
A few days before the trial started, Gupta was charged with insider trading, in an S.E.C. civil suit.
I have just as good a chance now of going free as I had before the trial started".
He spent just five minutes with a state lawyer (who spoke little English) before the trial started.
Before the trial started on March 30, he told jurors he expected it to last 8 to 10 weeks.
Ben-Gurion had outlined them before the trial started, in a number of articles that were designed to explain why Israel had kidnapped the accused.
Mr. Katsav's lawyers also argued that he had been demonized and condemned by the news media and by leaks and statements from public figures before the trial started.
Throughout the trial, the defendants were thrown off-course as the crown, struggling to keep up, served new evidence that should have been presented before the trial started.
His wife had given birth to their second child after he was arrested, but they split up before the trial started.
Before the trial started in February, Judge Mukasey threatened to impose findings of contempt if either side conducted "publicity campaigns" to sway public opinion or influence the jury.
Months before the trial started, Mr. Williams paid Mr. Christofi's sister, Ms. Adams, and his brother, Anthony, $2.75 million to settle a civil suit.
