The verdict was either acquittal or condemnation. The prosecution filed an appeal against the acquittal. The court upheld the original jury acquittal. A jury acquittal may not be overruled after appeal. The retrial ended in an acquittal. The 1993 jury trial resulted in an acquittal of Kevin Harris. The court's ruling overturns an earlier acquittal in the case. Pal was the only judge to argue for the acquittal of all of the defendants. The trial concluded with McMahon's acquittal. He remained in jail for two years before his acquittal by the court in 2001. Whicher accuses Mr. Kent of abetting the wrongful acquittal. Religious hardliners petitioned to overturn the acquittal. The tribunal passed judgements ranging from acquittal to death by hanging. A nolle prosequi acts as an indefinite adjournment to the case, not an acquittal. Pal supported the acquittal of all of the defendants.