Whatever the evidence of deception, though, the prosecution's most powerful charges unraveled as defense lawyers homed in on gaps in the case.
With the passage of time, though, a prosecution becomes more difficult.
Though the prosecution later successfully argued that this defense was likely the construction of Routh during his time in jail following the killings it bears an uncanny likeness to an episode of Seinfeld Routh was said to enjoy watching it ultimately fails to answer the question of whether Routh was in full control of his actions when he pulled the trigger.
The conspiratorial kinfolk of Mr. Bihari, though, have escaped prosecution.
But Private Manning still faces trial on the most serious charges, including the potential capital offense of "aiding the enemy" — though the prosecution is not seeking the death penalty in this case, "only" a life sentence.
Though the prosecution team is intact, so is its actuary's air of presentation.
Even though the prosecution tried to kick us out, the judge always sided with us.
But the official-misconduct law does not apply if the officers sought no benefit beyond not doing their jobs, the defense argues, even though the prosecution suggested so to the jury.
And, indeed, the situation was serious enough for the judge to stop everything and hold a hearing, even though the prosecution said that it didn't know anything about an F.B.I. investigation.
Controversially, though the prosecution failed to refute any of the evidence that established her innocence, Shakur was convicted in 1977 by a jury filled with relatives, partners and friends of state troopers, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
