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Brazil: Amazon rancher acquitted in nun killing

Associated Press: An Amazon rancher initially convicted of ordering the killing of an Ohio nun has been acquitted in a retrial. Vitalmiro Moura is 1 of 2 ranchers who allegedly ordered the killing of 73-year-old Dorothy Stang three years ago. Stang was a rain forest defender and Dayton, Ohio native. Moura had been convicted and sentenced to 30 years for the crime. But Brazil requires retrials for first offenders sentenced to more than 20 years. Court spokeswoman Gloria Lima says a jury ... Read »
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