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Friday, April 17, 2009
Helio Castroneves found not guilty
All three defendants found not guilty. The jury hung on one count as to Helio... I can't imagine that they would retry it. Congrats to him and his defense team.
I know this question may necessitate too detailed a response for easy answering. But I want to put it out there anyway because I genuinely don't know the answer:
In the counts Castroneves was aquitted on, was the jury saying that the government did not have enough of a case to prove what he did? Or were they saying that what he did was in fact not an illegal method of "sheltering" money? I know that's a picky distinction, but I'm honestly curious about it.
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As a humerous side note - Word Verification humor: It's asking me to enter "carshi". Cars... and Helio races them. :D
5 comments:
Awsome! Wonder if acosta will be watching the race on sunday!?
Helio Castronevas is to Speed Racer as Acosta is to:
a) Racer X
b) Chim-Chim
c) Pops Racer
d) Trixie
e) Spritle
Helio takes Seventh!!! Not bad for not being in a car for months.
That would make him Speed Racer...Markus is Racer X...
I know this question may necessitate too detailed a response for easy answering. But I want to put it out there anyway because I genuinely don't know the answer:
In the counts Castroneves was aquitted on, was the jury saying that the government did not have enough of a case to prove what he did? Or were they saying that what he did was in fact not an illegal method of "sheltering" money? I know that's a picky distinction, but I'm honestly curious about it.
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As a humerous side note - Word Verification humor: It's asking me to enter "carshi". Cars... and Helio races them. :D
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