By day's end, though, a lawyer for Mr. al-'Owhali complained bitterly that prosecutors had offered enough victim testimony and should be barred from offering additional witnesses.
"I guess Troy Davis felt like he had enough witness testimony in his favor that he felt that the polygraph would not be necessary," said Laura Moye, director of Amnesty International's U.S. death penalty abolition campaign, when asked why Davis had not submitted to a polygraph before.
"It isn't enough to present testimony from mental health experts.
This mundanity is testimony enough to the integration of voodoo, or vodoun, into daily life in Benin, the country that claims to have given birth to the religion.
The crowds of customers that often spill out into the street at these two shops are testimony enough to their proprietors' skills.
But the mere fact that the chancellor who unified the country, Helmut Kohl, will not be here is testimony enough to the bittersweet nature of this celebration.
An eighth-grade boy in a Knicks cap asked me, "Do you believe what Charlie Ward said about us?" The look of hurt on his face was testimony enough against theological arrogance.
But the prosecutor explained in court that he was comfortable enough with her testimony on matters other than how the cut was inflicted that he could call her to fill in the account of that night.
The impact of the opening chorus Herr, unser Herrscher, delivered by the joint forces of the Cantamus Chamber Choir, the Wiltshire Music Centre Chorus and choristers from St Laurence School with a considerable body of sound, was testimony enough to a worthy endeavour.
For those who know how grueling it can be to put together a prize-worthy project and devote hundreds of hours of "free" time at night, on weekends, during spring break and summer vacation, doing real, original scientific research while one's friends are busy adolescing, the achievement is testimony enough to Ms. Portman's self-discipline and drive.
