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Jury acquits former Atlanta mayor of corruption charges Stefanie Presley at 1:10 PM ET [JURIST] After a day and half of deliberation a federal jury Friday found former mayor of Atlanta Bill Campbell [Wikipedia backgrounder] not guilty of racketeering, fraud and bribery charges, although he was found guilty on three counts of tax evasion. Campbell, mayor from 1994 to 2002, was charged [US DOJ indictment summary, PDF] two years later with taking bribes of more than $160,000 [JURIST report] in exchange for city contracts during his administration. Link | 
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