Defense lawyers on Monday asked for a review of some evidence and for new testimony.
These charges are not affected by the new testimony, according to the troopers' lawyers.
The new testimony, from Neil Fischer, was the first direct evidence against Mr. Steuerman in this proceeding.
The new testimony has some largely uncontroversial elements that ring true – and plenty more controversial allegations that do not.
But as a result of new testimony and evidence, Mr. Abraham said, he was upgrading the charges against the defendants.
Kammer is armed in these last attempts to save his client with new testimony from three doctors who last week overturned their previous evaluation of Hill.
A parade of witnesses have recanted since the original trial, and new testimony suggests the prosecution's main witness might be the killer.
That review was prompted by new testimony from a doctor, Ignacio Frade Garc? who worked in the private hospital where Mr. Me nderwent surgery.
New testimony will call into question evidence linking the Libyan Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi to the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, his lawyers claim.
The Federal Reserve noise machine is back at work, in the form of new testimony by Chairman Ben Bernanke, grimly warning the Senate Budget Committee of a future crisis.
