Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked a judge to order four terrorists convicted in the embassy bombings case to pay $26.3 million in restitution to victims and their families and for the loss of United States property.

But Mr. Jacobs said prosecutors had indicated that conditions might be relaxed after the sentencing this month of four terrorists convicted in the embassy bombings case.

A Japanese national described by Federal authorities as one of the first international terrorists caught and convicted in the United States was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for possession of three pellet-laden bombs.

Because of Mr. Hikind's high profile on Jewish causes, the terrorists convicted of blowing up the World Trade Center were said to have planned to assassinate him.

The bulk of the expenses, which are being reimbursed by the government, were incurred by lawyers for the four terrorists convicted recently in a six-month trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

Two other terrorists convicted in the same case in May did not face execution, and will also receive life imprisonment.

Steinitz was against releasing terrorists convicted of murder in a prisoner exchange deal for Gilad Shalit.

Lawyers for four terrorists convicted in the 2001 embassy bombings trial in Manhattan said in court papers yesterday that jury irregularities might have affected the verdicts and could be the basis for granting a new trial.

Democrats, in turn, expressed wariness of Republican proposals to tighten judicial appeal procedures and speed the execution of terrorists convicted of murder.

If the same thing happened in some of our national capitals, there would be no prospect of terrorists being convicted.