Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman acquitted of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend, sued witnesses from her trial, claiming she was framed for the crime and that local law enforcement allowed the scheme by “intentionally sidestepping fundamental investigatory procedures.” Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A New York state jury on Monday convicted a former correction officer of murder for beating a prisoner to death in December, and acquitted two more officers of charges following a two-week trial. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

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A Libyan national accused of orchestrating the deadly 2012 attacks against a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, was convicted Tuesday on terrorism-related charges, but acquitted of murder charges, avoiding the death penalty. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

An Illinois attorney says he was set up to be charged with his wife’s murder by a local police department and the state’s attorney’s office where he used to work, claiming in a federal complaint that the charges for which he was acquitted wrecked his law practice and forced him to skip town. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A federal jury deliberating right now in the racketeering murder trial over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts drug compounder will have to decide whether its head pharmacist had the intent to defraud or mislead — or else must acquit the defendant on some counts. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))