and mistrial.as mary ellen hopkins explains... it follows a long and complicated trial. trial. after more than 50 hours of deliberations over nine days, jurorsscleared john edwards of one of six counts.they deadlocked on the others. edwards was accused of using nearly a million dollars in to keep his pregnant mistress n presiidnt in 2008.the money ffr exceeeed donor limits. defense attorneys argued donattons from two wealthy could not be considered ose campaign contributiins.afterr the verdict, edwards emerred from the coorthouse with hiss parents and daughter cate.i do not believe that i did anything illegal, or ever thought i was doing anything lot that was wwong. and there ps no one else responsible for &pmy sins.he saii he's thankful for his children, including daughter he once denied was a - even his. shh's now four years old.my precious quinn, who i everrimagine and i am so close ggateful for quinn. i'm grateful for alllmy children, lost years ago.edwards also said he's dddicating his life to being the best dad he caa -- and to helping children in poverty throughout the n

as mary ellen hopkins explains... jurors heard from two other accusers thursday... a police officer aad anninvestiiaaor. 3 the week eeded as it begann- with the jury hearing graphic and disturbing testimony froo seveeal alleged victims. one of them - an 18 year old man - identified as victim 9. he pays wwen he wws a younn teen, jerry sandusky epeatedly forced hii to perform oral sex. and on several occasions, &phe says sandusky sodomized him. he says his creams for help from sandusky's basement, went unanswered..these young men,,victim 3 included, are disclosing sexual abuse on someone else's timeline and they're doing it on an extraordinarily public stage and it took a great deal of ccurage to do haa tooay. meanwhile, the defense continues to question the motives of sandusky's acccsers. there is lots of moneyyout there. lawsuits have already been filed agginst penn tate, against second mile, against jerry sandusky and we're evaluating and investigating the possibility there's a financial motivation. also thursdda -- a former penn state police officer said he invest

and mistrral.as mary ellen hopkins explains... it follows a long trial.ays, purors cleared john edwards of edwards was accused of using nearry a million dollars in illegal campaign contributions to keep his pregnant mistress presideet in 2008.the money far exceeded donor limmts. defense attorneys argued donations from two wealthy suppooters for that purpose could not be considered campaign contributions.after the verdict, edwards emerged from the courthouse with his parents and daughter ccte.i do not believe thht i did anything illegal, orrever thought i wassdoiig anything illegal, i did n awful, awful lot thaa was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins.he said he's thankful for his childree, including the child from hii affair, a daughter he once denied was even his. she's now four years old.my precious quinn, who i llve more than any of you can everrimagine and i am so close tt aad ss, so grateful for. so grateful ffr quinn. i'm grateful for all my children, includinn my son wade who we lost years ago.edwards also said e's dedicating hi