Murphy Acquitted of Sexual Abuse Charges
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NBA Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy was acquitted Monday of charges he sexually abused five of his 10 daughters more than a decade ago.
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A judge has thrown out several claims of sex abuse involving a Roman Catholic priest in Northern California, striking a potential blow to hundreds of men and women who allege they were molested while diocese officials looked the other way.
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A County Londonderry priest is acquitted on two charges of sexually abusing a teenager 30 years ago.
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A military jury acquitted a Marine major of assault and battery Wednesday in connection with the death of an Iraqi prisoner, but found him guilty of two lesser counts.
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A priest in the Londonderry area pays out a five figure sum to settle out of court allegations of sexual abuse.
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The leader of Zimbabwe&#39;s largest opposition party was acquitted of treason charges Friday by a High Court in Harare. The judge said their was not enough credible evidence to convict the politician, Morgan Tsvangirai.
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A sex offender was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and raping a 9-year-old girl and burying her alive in a case that led to a crackdown around the country on people convicted of sex crimes. Jurors deliberated about four hours before returning the verdict against John Evander Couey in the slaying of Jessica Lunsford, who was snatched from her bedroom in February 2005 about 150 yards from the trailer where Couey had been living.
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CLEVELAND - A Playboy Playmate accused of karate-kicking the ex-girlfriend of NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia was acquitted Wednesday of a misdemeanor assault charge.
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First Amendment protects Pennsylvania bog-cuss woman In what will undoubtedly be viewed by future generations as an landmark ruling, the Pennsylvania housewife charged with disorderly conduct for letting forth a stream of abuse during an overflowing toilet emergency has been acquitted, AP reports.â¦
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An Army sergeant charged in the drowning death of an Iraqi civilian was acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter but convicted of assault.
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A New York judge on Monday dismissed a   $10 million spousal abuse suit against Liza Minnelli filed by   her estranged husband David Gest, who claimed the entertainer   assaulted him in a drunken rage.
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Former Mayor Marion Barry was acquitted Wednesday of drunken driving and other offenses stemming from his arrest last year near the White House.
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The only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, his attorney said Thursday
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FORT MEADE, Md.  -- A military court Tuesday acquitted an Army officer of failing to control U.S. soldiers who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but it found him guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the abuse investigation.
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A woman who had her 13-year-old daughter's genitalia pierced to make it uncomfortable for her to have sex was acquitted of aggravated child abuse on Thursday.
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The only Army officer to face a court-martial for the notorious detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was exonerated of mistreating detainees by a military jury yesterday, ending a series of prosecutions that stretched over more than three years.
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Soldiers accused of raping hundreds of Kenyan women while on training exercises there have been cleared after an investigation into the allegations, a spokesman for the ministry of defence told AFP.