Death penalty lawyers say avoiding cross-examination can be important to the defense because many people facing murder charges can harm their cases in a match of wits with a well-prepared prosecutor.
At the courthouse, he wore his lawyer suits on case days when his demeanor was that of a well-prepared, smartly aggressive prosecutor, associates said.
Several of the men also spent time in a Lashkar-e-Taiba camp in Pakistan, which prosecutors said prepared them to fight in Kashmir and possibly Afghanistan.
"It was a very thorough and careful discussion with a group of extremely well-prepared and competent prosecutors.
A spokesman for Peter Bacanovic, Ms. Stewart's former stockbroker and co-defendant in the case, declined to comment on the preparations for the trial, except to say that Mr. Bacanovic and his lawyer, Richard M. Strassberg, a former federal prosecutor, were fully prepared and ready to prove their case in court.
At the beginning of his testimony yesterday in federal court in Manhattan, Mr. Brown started into what seemed like a prepared speech when asked by a prosecutor, Christopher J. Clark, if he understood that he had committed crimes at Adelphia.
"My role is to hold accountable those who harm others unlawfully, regardless of profession," prosecutor Scarlett Wilson said in a prepared statement.
It was not until 1947 that Luther's copy (number 16 out of 30 copies prepared) was found by Robert Kempner, lead U.S. prosecutor before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, in files that had been seized from the German Foreign Office.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said in a prepared statement that charges were brought against the two girls despite their young age because youngsters need to know that their Internet actions can have serious consequences.
Mr. He, a critic of Mr. Bo's past policies, said the prosecutor "appeared to be ill-prepared," echoing a sentiment widely seen online.
That is one reason, the officials said, that Ms. Reno has so far shown no sign that she is prepared to refer the case to an outside prosecutor.
