John Edwards, second from left, speaks outside a federal courthouse after the jury's verdict in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C. , Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo)-
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A relieved John Edwards said after his mistrial on campaign corruption charges that he believed good things were still in store for him, though image makers and his friends agree that doesn't include politics.
The ex-presidential candidate who turned 59 this week will no longer have to face that future with federal charges hanging over his head after prosecutors on Wednesday dropped their campaign fraud case against him. After a six-week trial in North Carolina, jurors acquitted Edwards May 31 on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions and deadlocked on five other felony counts. The judge declared a mistrial.
The U.S. Justice Department said in a court order that it won't seek to retry Edwards on the five unresolved counts.
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