In politics and in prime time, the contestants with the most traction are frequently the contestants with the gravest trials: afflictions, addictions, lost loves, lost dogs.
Dr. Graves's trial is expected to take at least four weeks; he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
Far graver were the public trial and execution of two young squires convicted of adultery with Philip's daughters-in-law.
Now more than ever, Britain needs to be speaking out against the grave abuses – including mass trials, torture and death sentences handed down to juveniles and political protesters – being committed by its allies".
In Mrs. Graves's case, the trial is providing a palpable backdrop for a broadening debate among many doctors and researchers who are rethinking Fosamax and similar bone medications known as oral bisphosphonates, particularly as a treatment for women who have not yet developed osteoporosis.
Four [ 40- 44] 44] out of the five excluded trials with grave methodological and procedural flaws, were small and reported negative results.
Judges in Milan were winding up yet another trial that raised grave doubts about the prime minister's probity.
After all, the ten-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations ASEANN) has just shocked itself by its boldness, expressing "grave concern" over Ms Suu Kyi's trial.
In a sense this trial at the grave (fitnat al-Qabr) is a show trial, the verdict having already been decided.
In an interview last week with GEO TV, a news network, Mr. Zardari said reopening those cases would be tantamount to "a trial of the grave" of his wife.
