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He rejected a defense request to add another witness to the trial schedule because of the jury problem.

But he said the prosecutor had not done so intentionally and he rejected the defense request.

She also rejected a defense request to hold a hearing to determine why the prosecutors withheld the report.

The judge rejected the defense request to set aside the verdict.

"The defense request is no different from a number of other requests out there," he said.

On March 12, 2007 the defense request for a gag order was rejected.

Judge Sand agreed to a defense request to let the defendants call their families three times a month each, instead of once a month.

The judge said he would consider the defense request but seemed unsympathetic.

He also turned down a defense request to examine the child witnesses by closed-circuit television.