‘Powerful’ Evidence Presented in Death of Lawyer but Not Enough, Says Judge
In finding the defendants not guilty on all counts, D.C. Superior Court
Judge Lynn Leibovitz said that, while prosecutors had provided
"powerful" evidence suggesting that one of the three either stabbed
Washington attorney Robert Wone or knows who did, the government failed
to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that they intended to disrupt the
investigation into Wone's death. The judge said her focus on the
difference between "moral certainty" and "evidentiary certainty" is
probably "cold comfort" to those who loved Wone.
