1.   The trial judge acquitted the accused on the charge of assault.

2.   Late last month, the trial judge acquitted the accused on the charge of aggravated sexual assault.

3.   As a result, the judge acquitted Cruz.

4.   But a judge acquitted them of criminal assault charges, and the department never disciplined them.

5.   In one key case last year, the first to put Bosnian Muslims on trial for war crimes committed against camp prisoners, judges acquitted the overall military commander.

6.   In February, a judge acquitted former Principal Clifford Durden of failing to report the incident.

7.   Less than a week before, the judge had acquitted Dunn on a charge of a previous sexual assault, brought by another woman who had been a parishioner.

8.   Officials said the defendants were linked to bin Laden, but a judge acquitted them of those charges.

9.   The government accused Ealy Ortiz of tax fraud in his personal finances in three other cases, but judges acquitted him in two and prosecutors dropped the third.

10.   Appeal judges on Tuesday acquitted three British executives of illegal arms exports to Iraq, saying the government withheld evidence that it knew about the sales.