The Thomson problem deals with the lowest energy distribution of identical electric charges on the surface of a sphere.

Democrats made identical charges against Republicans during the Clinton years.

A 16-year-old, Kharey Wise, was indicted on the identical charges as the others and could be tried jointly with them.

We know practically only what the Church tells us about them and she makes identical charges against them all, with witchcraft thrown in for good measure.

The Government said afterward it had refiled identical charges.

The new 2008 charge sheets contained almost identical charges against each of the four detainees, as were found in their 2005 charge sheets.

Mr. McVeigh was convicted on identical charges earlier this year and sentenced to death.

One unanswered question is why the four men face identical charges, since at the March 12 news conference officials said they bore varying degrees of culpability.

The jury indicted Mrs. Good, who has terminal pancreatic cancer, on identical charges.

In cases with multiple defendants, she said, jurors did not distinguish among suspects, issuing identical charges to all.