South African Judge Throws Out Murder Case

• By Jethro Mullen and Richard Greene, CNN
  

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  (CNN) - A judge threw out a high-profile murder case Monday against Shrien Dewani, who was accused of killing his wife while they were on honeymoon in South Africa.
  
  Judge Jeanette Traverso called the state's case "weak" and said evidence fell "far below" the standard needed for conviction.
  
  It took years for prosecutors to bring him to trial over the killing of his wife, Anni.

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  Dewani, 34, was accused of hiring hit men to kill her in Cape Town in November 2010.
  He has repeatedly denied orchestrating the murder, pleading not guilty at the start of the trial in October.
  South African authorities were locked in a three-year court battle to get Dewani extradited from the UK to face trial.
  
  But after the prosecution put forward their witnesses, the defense sought to have the charges dropped, citing a lack of evidence.
  
  'Discrepancies' between witnesses
  "There were some significant discrepancies between their versions of events," said CNN Legal Analyst Kelly Phelps, referring to the prosecution's witnesses.
  
  "What the judge will need to decide is whether, from the few witnesses they've heard, there is enough essential content in common in their version of events to at least provide a reasonable possibility that they may be telling the truth," Phelps said.

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