Counsel for the defence submitted that the evidence was inadmissible.

被告律师认为这一证据不可采纳。

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Counsel for the defence put in a plea for mercy.

被告人的辩护律师递状请求从轻处理。

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The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain.

法官要求被告的辩护律师做出解释。

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Counsel for the defence argued that as the appeal judge had rejected key elements of the original prosecution and trial, if the same evidence was to be relied upon in a retrial, as it undoubtedly would, then that could potentially call into question the integrity of the administration of justice.

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In contrast, the defence team includes the counsel for the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, and a defence lawyer from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (which is trying Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president).

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She is due to be cross-examined by defence counsel acting for the men on Wednesday.

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