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John Edwards Not Guilty On 1 Count; Mistrial On Other 5


May 31, 2012 by

NPR BREAKING NEWS:

Jury Finds Edwards Not Guilty On 1 Count; Judge Declares Mistrial On Other 5

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was found not guilty on one of six campaign fraud charges. The jury was deadlocked on the other five counts, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on them. The former Democratic senator was accused of using campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for the White House.

More at NPR.org:
http://n.npr.org/NPRI/jN316221456_1328181_1328180_Z.htm

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3 Comments

  1. slamfu
    May 31, 2012 | 5:25 pm

    Ok, I wasn’t there for this trial, but that just doesn’t sound right.

  2. RP
    May 31, 2012 | 6:32 pm

    Is anyone surprised? The laws are so vague even someone who is not a lawyer could jump through the hoops that can be used to evade a guilty verdict.

    And the tax payers only got hit for 5-6 million on this trial. The justice department will no doubt go after him again and spend multi millions on another trial because this was one of the first under these laws and they do not want a loss.

    Money well spent?

  3. dduck
    May 31, 2012 | 7:17 pm

    Times like these I wish I was religious, as in judgement day.