A jury in Boston has found a prominent lawyer not guilty after a four-day rape trial.
. He once served in the office that brought the charges, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, and the lead prosecutor in the case was brought in from the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.
"We are not afraid to prosecute the toughest cases and we always respect the jury’s verdict, no matter how disappointing," DA spokesman James Borghesani said. We are grateful to the special prosecutor and victim advocate from Middlesex who guided this case from the start, the Boston detectives who investigated it, and especially the survivor who had the courage to come forward and the patience to stick with it.
On the stand, the woman recalled how Zerola gave her and a mutual friend a ride to her car after the alleged incident.
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