That is, they read all the prosecution's statements and the defense offered no case.

In that event, he said the defense must offer more evidence in support than it offered yesterday.

The defense will offer mitigating factors against the death penalty.

As the trial got under way, the prosecution and defense offered conflicting interpretations of the charges.

The defense offered several different arguments in court last week.

The prosecution and the defense could hardly have offered a sharper contrast in style.

"The defense can't offer people forgiveness for whatever they have done," he said.

The defense offered only three witnesses in a case that lasted less than an hour.

But the defense offered no evidence or testimony that such tampering occurred.

Neither the defense nor prosecution offered to deliver a closing argument.