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1991 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane

1990 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida

1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted after shooting 4 youths who tried to rob him

1987 John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering

1986 Shalamar's Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges

1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife

1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted

1981 Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley

1975 Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges

1972 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard

1961 After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge

1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted

1910 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption

1899 Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted

1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass

1893 Lizzie Bordon acquitted

1876 President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring

1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used

1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge

1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire

1807 Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted)

1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason

1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted

1456 Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted



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