From the article:

Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyer, William Taylor, accused the media, police and prosecutors of a "collective rush to judgment". "I want to remind you how uncritically the media examined this case from the beginning without even looking at the improbability of the story on its face," he said.

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Outside, about two dozen placard-waving protesters denounced the result.

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