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Article: Former Salt Lake County Mayor Acquitted
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- February 10, 2005
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TRAVIS REED, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-10-2005
Dateline: SALT LAKE CITY
Former Salt Lake County mayor Nancy Workman was acquitted Thursday of misusing public funds, a charge that prompted her to abandon her re-election bid last fall.
Workman had faced possible prison time for arranging for the county to hire an accountant for a Boys and Girls Club where Workman's daughter was a top officer.
The jury got the case Wednesday afternoon, and deliberated for about eight hours, stopping after midnight. The jurors took just 30 minutes more to reach a decision after they returned to the courthouse Thursday morning.
Workman withdrew her bid for a second term as leader of the state's most ...