Most of the 14-page opinion was devoted to technical legal arguments about bail requests.

She said she would renew her bail request when the family completed its discussions.

Daniel Saunders, the Queens assistant district attorney who is prosecuting the case, said his office had no objection to her bail request.

In light of this, the court denied his bail request, because of a fear that he would "reoffend".

However, the defendants had already processed their bail requests from the Supreme Court, and they were immediately released on bail.

The tribunal held its first public hearing - a bail request by one of the defendants - in November 2007.

Two days ago, a military court refused a bail request, and officials signaled that more arrests among the top leaders of the movement were imminent.

"You see Jill chop down his lawyer's bail request?"

Prosecutors said they wanted to prove that the general had been given every opportunity to make a bail request before being transferred to another jurisdiction.

To demonstrate that a bail request should be rejected, prosecutors must show that they have a strong likelihood of getting a death penalty verdict.