At no time during the early weeks in the courtroom did the prosecutor, Mr Michaels, give any indication of what he planned to do.He interviewed and selected his jury carefully, as well as any young assistant district attorney would, asking all relevant questions, attempting to get rid of any juror he felt would not give a fair verdict. When mentioning the defendants, however, Michaels always referred to them by their names to establish their identities and move them beyond a pair of anonymous faces. He never looked at the defendants though, fearful that some spectator would suspect the true nature of their relationship and that he was really trying to save them from prison.