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For him and for owen, for mr. labrie, the most important takeaway is that he was cleared of any charge that says he engaged in anything but consensual activity with the accuser that night at st. paul s a year ago. let s bring in msnbc s chief legal correspondent ari melber to try and break this down for us. first, were you surprised by the verdict? and try to explain to us, iej not a legal person. not guilty on felony sexual assault. guilty on misdemeanor sexual assault. what is the difference. to your first question i was not surprised by this verdict. the prosecution had a hard time getting beyond that high bar, beyond a reasonable doubt, to prove and demonstrate that this was definitely non consensual. why? because evidence was introduced at trial showing this young woman, who was 15 years old at the time a girl, had said to other people after the fact that ....

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