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Judge scuttles U.S. case against Greenpeace.
Byline: Ann W. O'Neill and David Fleshler
MIAMI _ A federal judge in Miami on Wednesday acquitted the environmental group Greenpeace of illegally boarding a ship to bring attention to its cargo, 70 tons of mahogany cut from the Amazon rain forest.
U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan ruled that prosecutors had presented insufficient evidence to send the case to the jury. He granted Greenpeace lawyers' request for a directed verdict of acquittal on the ship-boarding charge and a conspiracy count.
It was the first time a public interest group had been indicted for the protest activities of its members. Activist groups across the country were watching the case because of its potential to chill political speech.
According to testimony, two Greenpeace activists used a rope ladder to…
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