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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. with a former vice presidential nominee, a couple of millionaires, a thief and a mistress, the john edwards trial had all the elements of a novel but, apparently, not the elements of a conviction, according to the jury late today. edwards was acquited of one count of campaign finance fraud in connection with his run for the 2008 democratic presidential nomination. the jury reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts, so the judge declared a mistrial on those ending the case. anna werner has been covering the 17 days of testimony and nine days of deliberations, and she joins us now from the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. anna. reporter: scott, as the foreperson told the judge, that the jury had failed to reach a verdict on five of six counts, edwards smiled. then, we watched as he hugged his daughter, cate, and his parents, all clearly relieved
wrong, and there is no one else responsible for my sins. reporter: edwards denied he was part of any illegal scheme involving the money used to pay hunter s living expenses and to keep her out of public view while she was pregnant with his daughter. prosecutors introduced evidence that they said proved illegal campaign contributions from two wealthy donors, campaign finance chairman fred baron and heiress, rachel bunny mellon, were used to cover up edwardss affair in violation of federal law. but edwards defense attorneys argued the donations were not campaign contributions but gifts. none of the witnesses at trial testified that edwards knew he was violating campaign finance laws. to win a conviction conviction, the government had to prove edward criminal intent. edwards defense attorney abby noel. young claimed he and edwards worked together to hide the affair and he even at one point falsely claimed paternity of edwards baby. young, who wrote a book about the edwa
pelley: good evening. with a former vice presidential mom nikkei couple of millionaires, a thief and a mistress, the john edwards trial had all the elements of a novel bit, apparently, not the elements of a conviction according to the jury late today. edwards was acquit of one count of campaign finance fraud in connection with his run for the 2008 democratic presidential nomination. the jury reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts, so the judge declared a mistrial on those ending the case. anna werner has been covering the 17 days of testimony and nine days of deliberations, and she joins us now from the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. anna. reporter: scott, as the foreperson told the judge, that the jury had failed to reach a verdict on five of six counts, edwards smiled. then we watched as he hugged his daughter, cate, and his parents, all clearly relieved. then he stepped outside to face everyone else. while i do not believe i did an
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