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Friday, July 11, 2008 - Page updated at 02:00 PM

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Jury clears Pa. state senator in neighbor's death

A jury has cleared Pennsylvania state Sen. Robert Regola of any wrongdoing in the death of his 14-year-old neighbor.

GREENSBURG, Pa. —

A jury has cleared Pennsylvania state Sen. Robert Regola of any wrongdoing in the death of his 14-year-old neighbor.

The Republican lawmaker had been charged with perjury, reckless endangerment and allowing a minor to illegally possess a gun.

The neighbor used Regola's gun to shoot himself in July 2006. A coroner ruled the death a suicide.

Prosecutors had said Regola should be held accountable for lies he told during a coroner's inquest. They also claimed the 9 mm handgun essentially belonged to his son Bobby Regola.

Bobby Regola was sentenced in March to a year of probation for illegal possession of a handgun.

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