Court clears Trevi of sex charges
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Former Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi is cleared of sex abuse charges on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
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The Supreme Court of Georgia today ordered Genarlow Wilson's release from prison, ruling that his sentence on  a teen sex conviction was cruel and unusual punishment. Wilson received 10 years in prison after being convicted of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
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Fallen Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi was freed from prison on Tuesday after being found not guilty of helping to kidnap and rape teenage girls lured into her cult-like musical clan by dreams of stardom.
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Gary Payton, Sam Cassell and Jason Caffey were cleared of assaulting a male exotic dancer and his stripper fiance during a confrontation outside a downtown Toronto strip club in 2003.
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Criminal charges against National Basketball Association star Kobe Bryant were dropped, clearing him in the alleged rape last year of a 19-year-old woman at a Colorado resort.
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The Supreme Court of the US state of Georgia ordered Friday the release of Genarlow Wilson, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for having oral sex with an underaged girl when he himself was a teenager.
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A court cleared Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial Friday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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A federal appeals court has overturned a statute outlawing sex toy sales in Texas, one of the last states  -  all in the South  -  to retain such a ban
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Prosecutors dropped murder charges Tuesday against a Texas man who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he may not have committed.
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All five defendants charged in the 1982 murder of Italian financier Roberto Calvi, nicknamed &quot;God&#39;s banker&quot; for his close ties to the Vatican, were acquitted Wednesday, the ANSA news agency reported.
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The owner of the bus that exploded and killed 23 people during the Hurricane Rita evacuation was acquitted Tuesday of one safety violation charge but was convicted on two lesser counts.
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A court cleared Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial yesterday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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THE Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was yesterday cleared of bribery charges that could have ended his political career.
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ATLANTA, June 11 â A Georgia Superior Court judge today ordered the release of Genarlow Wilson, who has served two years of 10-year prison sentence for having consensual oral sex with another teenager at a party when he was 17. Prosecutors said they would appeal the order.
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A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest court, which ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted two prominent reporters of libeling a wealthy businessman, the conclusion of a closely watched cased that is likely to encourage Indonesia&#39;s embattled press.
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By John O'Connor, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Mar. 12--A Swansea woman charged with finding a teenage sex partner for her 68-year-old boyfriend said she was not guilty at her first court appearance Sunday morning.