On Tuesday 18 June the court opened at 9 am; 12 defendants were charged with breaking into the house of Rebecca Waddelow in Littleport and stealing personal property and money. After hearing evidence, the judges held a discussion. Mr Justice Abbott informed the jury that a mistake had been made in the indictment, directing the jury to acquit. All 12 defendants were pronounced not guilty.
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The jury found Leggio guilty of stealing grain in 1948, for which he received a suspended sentence, but he was pronounced not guilty on all other accounts, including the murders of Placido Rizzotto and Navarra. The judges and prosecutors received anonymous letters threatening them with death.Servadio, Mafioso, pp. 167-72 Salvatore Riina – Leggio's eventual successor – was acquitted in 1969 and remained at large until his capture in 1993.
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Facing a number of federal prosecutions, Accetturo was granted a stay of sentence and was allowed to live in his Florida residence. In 1987, Accetturo, Taccetta and several other Jersey Crew members went on trial for narcotics and racketeering charges. One of the longest trials in U.S. history, the trial went on for 21 months. When the verdict was read, the defendants were pronounced not guilty on all counts, a stunning rebuke to the government.
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Tang was posthumously pronounced not guilty by court later in March. Like other regions in Taiwan, many people in Tainan suffered for their real or perceived opposition to the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party) during the autocratic era. Map of northern Tainan and surrounding region (1950) The city held its first councilor and mayoral elections in 1950. In the 1960s, Tainan was overtaken by Kaohsiung as the economic center of southern Taiwan due to the redevelopment of Kaohsiung port.
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At his trial, the military prosecutor called for the death penalty, but the court believed Borchert's version of the events, and he was pronounced not guilty. However, he was immediately re-arrested on charges under the Heimtückegesetz – making statements against the regime. He was convicted of making "statements endangering the country" and sentenced to serve a further six weeks of strict-regime detention, and was then sent back to the Eastern front "to prove himself at the front". There he suffered frostbite and several further bouts of hepatitis, after which he was granted medical leave.
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Only commanders Hans Hoffmann, Theodor Pilich and Kurt Kirschner were brought before the German court in 1964 in connection with the killing of the Ostrów Mazowiecka Jews. The SS-men who had carried out the executions appeared at the trial as witnesses. The members of the 91st SS Police Regiment were pronounced not guilty as the court found that they had carried out “an order concerning matters of service” and it was deemed that they had “had no freedom to make their own decisions”. The commanders received a 3-year prison sentence of which they served 7 months.
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At Strang's trial, the district attorney was Edward Livingston, a relative of the Van Rensselaers and Lansings' who told Jesse to his face, "You are guilty, you must be convicted, you must die!" and Judge Duer called him a "serpent" and a "fiend". When the judge asked the jury for a verdict, the jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes before pronouncing him guilty of murder. Three days after Strang's trial, Elsie Whipple stood trial for aiding and abetting the murder of her husband. In four days, Elsie was pronounced not guilty and cleared of charges.
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She then responds by threatening to turn the Dean into the police for covering up the murder of Sophia Doyle (McKaley Miller) back in 1995 and for killing her ex-husband before the two eventually part ways. Wes (Oliver Hudson) agrees to give Grace space as he and Munsch are going on a vacation and greets her goodbye. In the trials, Chanel, Libby Putney and Chanel #3 (whose name is revealed to be Sadie Swenson) are nearly pronounced not guilty but after Chanel goes on a rant criticizing the jury, the three are sentenced to a mental asylum but unexpectedly find happiness there. Sadie embraces her lesbianism by dating a nurse.
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