Yesterday all three insisted he had been nice to them and made it clear they wanted to hurt the prosecution's case.

"You're growling because you have to turn over something that hurts your case."

Some appeared to play down details that might hurt the family's case.

He may even have hurt his case with some members who wanted an unqualified confession.

I suppose it didn't hurt their case that she was married and pregnant with her fourth child.

But the court's reasoning mostly hurts his case, experts said.

It's a sleazy story, but it don't hurt our case any.

But Williams did not hurt his case on Saturday, either.

But sometimes they hurt their own case, he said.

Or was it because you knew that the results would only hurt your case against my client?