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All three defendants in the Robert Wone conspiracy trial were found not guilty by a DC Superior Court judge on Tuesday. Judge Lynn Leibovitz acquitted the three housemates from the bench after explaining her verdict for about an hour. Leibovitz said she believed that the three defendants know who killed Wone, but that the prosecution failed to prove that they did. It came down to the reasonable doubt standard, she said. Joseph Price, 39, Victor Zaborsky, 44, and Dylan Ward, 39, each had been charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence. More than halfway through the 4.5...

WASHINGTON - D.C. Police say a Washington lawyer who was killed earlier this week in Northwest was the target of the attack. Police Sergeant Brett Parson tells The Washington Post that the evidence investigators have found so far suggests that someone targeted 32-year-old Robert Wone when he was stabbed Wednesday night in the 1500 block of Swann Street. Officers found Wone, who was the general counsel for the nonprofit Radio Free Asia, suffering from multiple stab wounds from a butcher knife inside the home. No arrests have been made in the case and it remains under investigation.