Jurors in the two cases that went to trial said afterward that the government couldn't prove which of the people in the chaotic crowd were the vandals.
The victim's mother, Bernetta Dodson, who sat through every session of the trial, said afterward that she was "very disappointed" by the "unfair" verdict.
Vladimir Santic, a military police commander, maintained his innocence throughout the trial, but confessed afterward and expressed remorse.
Mr. Espada defeated the incumbent, David Rosado, in the Democratic primary Sept. 12, and his trial began soon afterward.
Sea trials were conducted afterward and completed by 27 August.
"I don't expect her to get a fair trial," Ms. Dong said afterward.
He was found not liable in a sordid trial, and two weeks afterward, the woman's husband committed suicide.
The chief prosecutor in the case, Valery Nikolayev, said that charges would be brought against him on Friday, and suggested that he might be released afterward pending trial.
And, while Woodfox's attorneys were able to cross-examine the state's witnesses in his initial trial, it emerged only afterward that the prosecution had failed to turn over exculpatory evidence that calls their motives and testimony into question.
Although what was discussed at the meeting was not entirely clear, prosecutors introduced evidence at the trial showing that shortly afterward, rumors began to circulate that Mr. Louima had been injured in a gay sex club rather than in a police assault.
