Just as the trial gets under way, there seems a loss of energy in the coverage.

For all the ballyhoo, the trial got under way quite simply today.

Usually only people in the courtroom know because most trials get no public attention.

Coverage of the case had been an issue even before the trial got under way.

Also, my mood was lifting as the trial got closer.

At least three important witnesses died before the trial got under way.

The next trial gets under way in the spring of 1933.

The trial got under way again six months later.

But the trials themselves may not get under way for months.

"No doubt his trial will get a change of venue," said King.