It matters that people like Gleick and Spitzer, imperfect but on the side of the angels, can be taken out by determined forces guilty of far worse offenses.

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Mays and Richmond were determined to be delinquent, the juvenile equivalent of guilty, Lipps ruled in the juvenile court trial without a jury.

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The judicial officer who dealt with Burger's case, Alan Hudson, cleared him of the specific charge of eye-gouging as determined by the International Rugby Board, but found him guilty of committing an act contrary to good sportsmanship.

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"The appellate jurors conducted a thorough, painstaking, searching inquiry into the true facts and determined in a lengthy, logical and comprehensive decision that Amanda Knox was not guilty of the tragic loss of Meredith Kercher, " he said.

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