He need not risk a trial in open court, where the defence could air the argument against him on the record.

By doing so, judges give the parties protection from public scrutiny that they could not get at a trial in open court.

I call on the Greek authorities to clarify the charges, release the defendants on bail and hold a trial in open court by Friday of this week.

In-camera is the opposite of trial in open court where all parties and witnesses testify in a public courtroom, and attorneys publicly present their arguments to the trier of fact.

Reorganisation of Judiciary, to include trial in open court, with judges appointed for life, a jury system and the creation of justices of the peace to deal with minor offences at local level.

Self-dealing pardons and amnesties preclude the use of the best fact-finding mechanism we know - trial in open court - and create a climate of impunity encouraging future violations of the law.

The news organizations based their requests on a Federal antitrust law that says depositions taken in civil antitrust cases "shall be open to the public as freely as are trials in open court."

The 1913 statute, passed during the peak of trust-busting sentiment, states that in Government antitrust cases the taking of depositions must be "open to the public as freely as are trials in open court."

Then, the complaint continues, the firm said that if Riverbay hired it, it would seek to have the dispute resolved by an arbitrator rather than go through the embarrassing prospect of a trial in open court.

If they are certified as adults, as the prosecutor has asked, they face a trial in open court on multiple felony charges, and could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

The Bush administration admirably chose to bring Mr. Moussaoui to trial in open court rather than before a secret military tribunal, demonstrating that the United States is committed to due process even in the most horrendous circumstances.

To avoid the necessity of a slow trial in open court, which was required for those belonging to the most serious categories, more than 90% of cases were judged not to belong to the serious categories and therefore were dealt with more quickly.

The Publicity in Taking Evidence Act was an act passed in 1913 that provided that depositions of witnesses for use in any anti-trust suit "shall be open to the public as freely as are trials in open court."

If the case against Mr. Ames and his wife is brought to trial in open court, it would set the stage for a potentially damaging tug of war between the intelligence agency's desire to preserve national security secrets and the Justice Department's need to make a case against the couple.

The law states that in civil antitrust actions brought by the Federal Government, the taking of depositions "shall be open to the public as freely as are trials in open court, and no order excluding the public from attendance on any such proceedings shall be valid or enforceable."