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In August 2011, Ravi's defense attorney requested a mistrial because the prosecution had not presented evidence to the grand jury which, he argued, would have cleared Ravi, and had presented other evidence in what he said was a misleading manner.
This evidence included documents that showed that Clementi had titled files on his computer "Why does it have to be so painful" and took photographs of the George Washington Bridge a month before entering Rutgers.
The judge did not grant Ravi's motion.
Ravi was not charged with a role in the suicide. 
"Shoot the Dog" is a single by the singer-songwriter George Michael, released as the second single from his album, "Patience", though released a year and a half prior to the album.
The song is an anti-George W. Bush song.
Released on 29 July 2002, it peaked at number one in Denmark and number twelve in the United Kingdom.
The music video for the song is completely animated.
The single marked twenty years since the release of Wham!
's first single, "Wham Rap!
(Enjoy What You Do)", another politically charged song written by Michael.
"Shoot the Dog" samples The Human League song, "Love Action (I Believe in Love)".
"Shoot The Dog" also samples the song "Be Near Me" by U.K. pop group ABC, as well as Michael's own 1996 song "Fastlove".
Before being internationally released, it was shown before the animated movie "Ice Age". 
Under the Morales administration, Rodriguez has been charged with treason following the decommissioning of missiles during his term in office.
Bolivia bought about 30 HN-5 shoulder-launched missiles from China in 1993 or 1998.
By 2005 they had become obsolete and Rodriguez made the decision to destroy them; he says he did not know the United States would be the ones to be given the missiles for destruction.
Before taking office, Morales charged that the transfer amounted to putting the country "under foreign domination.
"He was charged with treason in 2006, which carries a 30 year prison term.
He has since been cleared of all charges. 
Over the 2008 pre-season Hunt recovered from his hamstring injury and played in his first match since being injured in a 23 February 2008 trial match against Canberra.
After playing another trial in the position of five eighth, Hunt returned to first grade in Round 1 of the 2008 NRL competition playing fullback in the Broncos 48–12 win over Penrith.
InRound 2 Hunt shoulder charged Sydney Roosters five eighth Braith Anasta in the head and was subsequently placed on report.
The NRL judiciary committee charged Hunt with a Grade-Three Careless High tackle and if pleading guilty would miss one week of premiership competition.
Pleading not guilty to the charge, Hunt was cleared to play by the judiciary with no penalty being given but missed one week anyway due to a knee injury.
In July 2008, speculation began on what Hunt would do past the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2009 season.
With some high-profile defections of star league players to cashed-up rugby union clubs from France, Hunt is expected to be the target of offers from overseas and within Australia.
Australian rugby union club Queensland Reds stated their intentions to attempt to lure Hunt to the rugby union code, with the reasoning being his successful young career in rugby union.
From within the NRL competition, Sydney based clubs Sydney Roosters and St. George Illawarra Dragons stated their intentions to make a bid for Hunt for his services in the 2010 season, claiming they could double Hunt's three-year deal from 2006, reported to be around $200,000.
The Broncos however, were still expected to be a factor in his decision with the possibility of the captaincy a possible lure to remain with the Broncos.
In the final round of the 2008 NRL competition, Hunt became the youngest player in premiership's history to reach 100 first-grade games.
He set up three tries and scored one himself in the man-of-the-match performance against the Newcastle Knights in the game which secured the Broncos place in the competition finals.
This performance came a day after his coach Wayne Bennett stated that Hunt was the "bravest" player he had coached because of the strong runs he made when returning the ball from fullback.
On 15 September 2008, a 24 year old woman lodged a formal complaint about a sexual assault that allegedly occurred two days earlier.
The people alleged to be at the centre of the incident were Hunt and Brisbane Broncos team mates Darius Boyd and Sam Thaiday.
The players cooperated with police and the three were cleared of the allegations in November by police.
Hunt later said he was ashamed and felt he let down his family, fans and the Broncos.
However, in May 2009, the woman stated she had a few drinks with Hunt, went into a toilet cubicle, and "after a few kisses, things went drastically wrong" and that in a "blink of an eye" Boyd and Thaiday were also in the cubicle. 
In 2004, Osmeña was charged with sexual abuse, for which the Department of Justice (DOJ, Republic of the Philippines) cleared because "there is no probable cause to indict respondent with the offense charged."