Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Yahweh, 3 Disciples Acquitted in Murder
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A jury in Miami deliberated just over 2 1/2 hours before acquitting black sect leader Yahweh Ben Yahweh and three of his disciples in the murder of a man who reportedly challenged another of their followers. But Yahweh remains in prison, serving a 16 1/2-year sentence for his federal conspiracy conviction in May in 14 murders, two attempted killings and arson. In the state trial, Yahweh was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cecil Branch. The prosecution said Yahweh ordered the slaying.
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