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Japanese court acquits former boxer in 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a retrial in postwar Japanese criminal justice.
British tycoon Mike Lynch was celebrating acquittal in 'biggest-ever fraud' trial when Bayesian yacht capsized
British tycoon Mike Lynch and his high-power New York attorney were celebrating Lynch's acquittal of fraud charges when their yacht went down.
Naked Chicago police carjacker, who dragged officer found 'not guilty' by reason of insanity
Whitley Temple, 35, was acquitted of all charges Wednesday after a judge agreed with her mental insanity defense.
Samsung CEO won't be sent back to prison for financial crimes related to 2015 merger
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong will not have to return to jail for a third time after he was acquitted of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud charges.
Trump ally cleared of federal charges, including obstruction
Tom Barrack, the head of Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee and fundraiser for the former president, was found not guilty by a Brooklyn federal court jury Friday on charges of...
Wealthy dad acquitted in final trial of college admissions bribery scandal
Amin Khoury’s case was the 57th one tied to the “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation that saw 54 defendants plead guilty or get convicted at trial.
Chef Mario Batali cleared of groping woman in sexual misconduct case
Celebrity Chef Mario Batali was staring down 2 1/2 years in prison had he been found guilty of groping a woman at a Boston bar in 2017.
Trump thanks senators who cleared him in 'sad' impeachment trial, talks of 'work ahead of us'
President Trump thanked his lawyers and the Republicans who voted to acquit him at his second impeachment trial as he also hinted at a political comeback and called the entire...
San Francisco pays $13.1 million to man cops framed for murder
SAN FRANCISCO — A man who spent more than six years in prison after police framed him for murder received a $13.1 million settlement from the city of San Francisco...