And Blagojevich's defense attorneys question the reliability of many witnesses for the prosecution, noting that some struck plea bargains or received immunity in return for their testimony.
The prosecution noted its evidence in the case included three recorded phone calls between Ms. Jiau and Samir Barai, a hedge fund manager who has pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading and is cooperating with the government.
Last summer, Scarlett Wilson, the local State Solicitor, balked at the federal trial's taking precedence over the state prosecution, noting that the federal government hadn't carried out an execution since 2003.
Georges Sarre, a leftwing MP, has held out the possibility of prosecution, noting that from what journalists and other observers have seen since Papon's release, "the medical reports appear manifestly dubious.
But Russell Neufeld, who used to be in charge of capital defense at the Legal Aid Society and was not involved with Mr. Wilson's case, said that he believed the government was going to unusual lengths with the prosecution, noting that it was the only state capital case to continue after the state death penalty was abolished.
"We must judge the credibility and reasonableness of Stockley's actions through the simultaneous actions of Officer Bianchi's," the prosecution noted in its argument.
Feather disputed any potential hobbling of the prosecution, noting the "vast resources" at their disposal, in contrast to him and his indigent co-defendants.
In Shaffer's case, the prosecution noted that the baby had bruises before the incident, which Shaffer says happened at daycare and when she hit her head on a baby bouncer.
A witness for the prosecution, noted ulama and writer Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (Hamka), testified that a depiction of Allah wearing glasses implied that Allah was imperfect, as opposed to the personifications cited by Jassin, which were based on man's love for Allah.
Others have criticized the geographical focus of the court's prosecutions, noting that in the court's first 10 years, all of its cases involved situations in Africa.
