dec 9, 1972 - Jacques Rose Acquitted
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DECEMBER 09, 1972
Jacques Rose Acquitted
Following 17 hours of deliberation over three days, Jacques Rose is acquitted in the kidnapping of Pierre Laporte because Bernard Lortie refuses to testify against him. Lortie is sentenced to five months for refusing to testify. On 22 February 1973, a jury acquits Jacques Rose of the murder of Laporte.
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