Edwards jury reaches verdict on only one of six counts, Mistrial

Lucy Madison
CBS News
May 31, 2012

After 9 days of deliberation, a jury has found John Edwards not guilty on one of six charges of campaign finance corruption brought against him. A mistrial has been declared on the other five counts.

After initially announcing Thursday afternoon that it had reached a unanimous verdict on only one of six charges against Edwards, the judge sent the jury back to continue deliberations on the remaining five counts. Shortly after that, the jurors said they were deadlocked on those counts, at which point the judge announced a verdict of not guilty on the third count against Edwards, which charged that he had accepted and received illegal campaign contributions in 2008 from Rachel “Bunny” Mellon.

The judge then declared a mistrial on the remaining five counts.

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This article was posted: Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 1:22 pm

Tags: domestic news

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