Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Mayor Acquitted on Conspiracy Charge
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A jury acquitted Hialeah, Fla., Mayor Raul Martinez on a conspiracy charge and deadlocked on five remaining counts in his third racketeering trial. Martinez, 47, was accused of taking $182,000 in payoffs from developers who got favorable zoning decisions. Federal prosecutors said they would not seek to try him a fourth time. His first trial, in 1991, ended in a conviction that was overturned on appeal. His second trial last March ended in a hung jury. He has been suspended from office since his indictment in 1990.
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