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Acquitted

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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