text: Actor Robert Blake acquitted
  
  March 17, 2005 
  
  Visibly relieved and sobbing as the verdict was read, Robert Blake was acquitted on all counts and walked out of the courtroom yesterday a free man. 
  Charged with murdering his wife, the jury acquitted Blake due to lack of evidence. He was also charged with two counts of soliciting to have his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley killed. The jury acquitted him on one count, and the judge dismissed the second after the jury became deadlocked in an 11-1 vote. 
  He was greeted by a crowd of cheering supporters outside the courthouse. The star of the television series "Baretta" crushed out one of his trademark cigarettes and spoke to the gathering, thanking his lawyers and private investigators who he described as, "This small band of dedicated warriors that saved my life."
tokens: Actor Robert Blake acquitted March 17 , 2005 Visibly relieved and sobbing as the verdict was read , Robert Blake was acquitted on all counts and walked out of the courtroom yesterday a free man . Charged with murdering his wife , the jury acquitted Blake due to lack of evidence . He was also charged with two counts of soliciting to have his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley killed . The jury acquitted him on one count , and the judge dismissed the second after the jury became deadlocked in an 11 - 1 vote . He was greeted by a crowd of cheering supporters outside the courthouse . The star of the television series " Baretta " crushed out one of his trademark cigarettes and spoke to the gathering , thanking his lawyers and private investigators who he described as , " This small band of dedicated warriors that saved my life . "
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