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Acquitted Former Peruvian Soccer Boss Still Faces Charges

The former president of the Peruvian soccer federation who was acquitted by a New York federal jury on a racketeering count in the U.S. government’s wide-ranging FIFA corruption probe last month will face the remaining charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

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Former Peru Soccer Boss Acquitted In FIFA Corruption Trial

The former president of the Peruvian soccer federation was acquitted by a Brooklyn federal jury of racketeering conspiracy Tuesday, clearing him of the sole charge he faced in the U.S. government’s wide-ranging FIFA corruption case just days after two other defendants were convicted in the investigation’s first trial. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

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Former AGs Want Ex-Ala. Gov.’s Bribery Sentence Tossed

More than 100 former state attorneys general have signed on to an amici brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn former Alabama governor Don Siegelman’s six-and-a-half-year sentence for bribery, saying acquitted conduct should not be used to increase a criminal sentence as it was in Siegelman’s case. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

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