Copyright © by Cal Deal — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fri, Dec 21, 2012 -- Attorney Hilliard Moldof and defendant Seth Penalver collapse in tears — overcome with emotion as "not guilty" verdicts are read in Penalver's third triple murder trial in 18 years. The verdicts came following a five-month trial and 10 days of deliberations. VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: 00:35 -- First verdict is read: "Not guilty." Five more verdicts follow. 01:40 -- A sobbing Penalver turns, kneels and prays 01:53 -- Judge Lynch comments on the extraordinary trial 03:07 -- Asst. State Attorney Chuck Morton watches the jury file out. 04:23 -- Morton rushes from the courtroom followed by a murder victim's mother. 05:09 -- Penalver thanks everyone as he is taken back to jail. 05:30 -- Moldof has a long, emotional hug with his tearful and happy daughter. THE TRIPLE MURDER VICTIMS were Casimir Sucharski (a.k.a. Butch Casey), owner of Casey's Nickelodeon bar in Pembroke Park FL; and Sharon Anderson and Marie Rogers, who were chatting with Casey in his home early on a Sunday morning after his bar closed. It was June 26, 1994. The murders were captured on video by a camera Sucharski had installed in his living room. Prosecutors alleged that a gunman disguised by a hat and sunglasses was Penalver. Penalver turned himself in on Aug. 3, 1994. The first trial resulted in a hung jury, and the second resulted in a conviction. He was sent him to Death Row. That conviction was overturned by the Florida Supreme Court. The sequestered jury deadlocked at 10-2 after six days, when two jurors refused to deliberate. With the consent of both sides, Judge Thomas Lynch replaced the jurors with alternates and the deliberations started again.

• published: 28 Dec 2012
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