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Goalie Carter Hart, one of five 2018 Canada world junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault in July, will make his first NHL appearance in nearly two years when he starts in goal Tuesday night for the Vegas Golden Knights, who host Chicago. CBC | Sports News
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Cal Foote, acquitted in Hockey Canada sexual assault case, signs with AHL Wolves
Cal Foote has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Chicago Wolves, making him the fourth of five players acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile trial of members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team to continue his career. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can play NHL games starting Dec. 1
The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end on Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini acquitted again at 2nd trial of financial wrongdoing at FIFA
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. The former FIFA president and former UEFA president were acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than $ 2 million US of FIFA money in 2011. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Japanese man on death row for more than 45 years is acquitted in retrial
A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old man was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier decision that made him the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. CBC | World News
Read More »28 people acquitted of money laundering in Panama Papers, Operation Car Wash case
A judge in Panama has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers, including the co-founder of a law firm that authorities say was at the centre of a conspiracy to hide money linked to illegal activities. CBC | World News
Read More »Greta Thunberg, 4 others acquitted on London climate protest charges
A judge on Friday acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of a charge that she had refused to follow a police order to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. CBC | World News
Read More »2nd Denver-area police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was injected with ketamine
A second Denver-area police officer was acquitted on Monday in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold and injected with ketamine after being stopped by police as he walked home from a convenience store. CBC | World News
Read More »Denver-area police officer guilty, another acquitted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer on Thursday and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. CBC | World News
Read More »Donald Trump acquitted by Senate on both charges in impeachment trial
U.S. President Donald Trump has been acquitted of both charges in his Senate impeachment trial. CBC | World News
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