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John N. Nassikas III and Baruch Weiss, two of the defense lawyers, said Tuesday that they believed the appellate ruling and an earlier one by the trial judge greatly increased the prosecutors' difficulty in continuing the case.

The result came after prosecutors had difficulty presenting their case over the last five weeks.

But prosecutors had difficulties finding the original witnesses, and eventually they gave up on retrying the case.

Lawyers said the verdict appeared to reflect the difficulty prosecutors have had in establishing any direct link between Mr. Ragsdale and a man, Dupree Harris, who prosecutors said had ordered the killing of Mr. Gibson.

The account also shows the difficulty prosecutors face in trying a high-profile case, especially 12 years after the fact.

But the case underscored the difficulty prosecutors have in winning convictions against those accused of war crimes so many years after World War II ended.

But the decision clearing the Bents of fraud accusations underscored the difficulty prosecutors and regulators have had in holding financiers accountable for precipitating the financial crisis.

Mr. Stein then stood before the rapt jury and, without declaring his client's innocence, suggested that prosecutors would have difficulty proving their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Federal prosecutors may have difficulty winning a civil rights case against the four officers in the Diallo shooting, legal experts say.

One reason given by the Justice Department for the absence of any significant prosecutions of corporate executives is the difficulty prosecutors face in proving an individual's specific intent to commit a crime.

"The decision illustrates the increasing difficulty prosecutors have in attaining and carrying out a death penalty sentence given the intense albeit justifiable scrutiny on every word uttered in the courtroom," said Mr. Fodeman, who is now in private practice.