I wouldn’t just acquit if I was on the jury. One of the charges is money laundering. I would have to evaluate the other charges relating to buying the kids way in to school. No free lunch on money laundering. If I can’t do it neither can they.
Good point. I’ll have to look at that more closely, but it seems to me that the guy who organized the scheme may be the main culprit in the money laundering. If someone “launders money” just to shield their identity I might not convict them of a crime. If they do it as part of a scheme to defraud someone or evade taxes that’s a different story.