The prosecution indicated it would file the more serious charge of premeditated murder.
In court filings, the prosecution indicated it would call as many as 175 witnesses, including investigating officers and forensic analysts.
This appears to have been the final straw: the prosecution indicated that it was no longer planning to oppose the appeal.
Mr. Quattrone's lawyer, John W. Keker, objecting repeatedly, argued, "The idea that you send them home in the face of that language is like you're telling them, 'I'm never going to let you go.' " If a mistrial is declared, the prosecution indicated that it would probably retry the case.
After examining him, four doctors came to the conclusion that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, and the prosecution indicated it was willing to accept Sutcliffe's plea of not guilty to murder but guilty of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility.
In September 2002, during the course of a witness's testimony, the Prosecution indicated that it wished to admit an intercepted conversation as evidence.
The prosecution indicated it would not appeal.
And even though the prosecution indicated that it would be starting the trial by calling some expert computer witnesses (yes, that is exciting), several high profile witnesses/alleged Pellicano victims have already been subpoenaed to testify for the government.
The prosecution indicated a continuing interest in the Kalpoes and Joran van der Sloot (though they ceased to be legally suspects), and alleged that one of the three, in a chat room message, had stated that Holloway was dead.
The first concerns whether Syed's original defense lawyer, Cristina Gutierrez, "rendered ineffective assistance" when she didn't interview a woman named Asia McClain something the podcast helped bring to light when host Sarah Koenig tracked down McClain, who claimed to have talked to Syed in their school library during the exact time the prosecution indicated murder took place.
Drunken Twitter and Facebook users who post grossly offensive messages online may be less likely to face prosecution if they hit delete and express remorse after they sober up, Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, indicated.
