COLUMBIA — The courtroom quieted as Judge E. Richard Webber received the verdict statement from the bailiff. Al Capone and his lawyers looked anxiously at the judge, while the prosecution did the same a few feet away. "The verdict reads as follows," Webber said, drawing out the pause. "We, the jury, find the defendant, Alphonse Capone, not guilty."
Law school puts Al Capone on trial
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | 10:08 p.m. CST;
updated 11:44 p.m. CST, Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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