After 12 days of deliberation, a jury acquitted Ms Li on Friday.<\/p>\n
Her lawyer, Geoffrey Carr, said Ms Li’s not guilty verdict had “nothing to do” with her wealth allowing her to build a strong defence team.<\/p>\n
When the verdict was read, Ms Li wept and left the court hurriedly, AP news agency reported.<\/p>\n
A mistrial was declared in the case against her boyfriend, Kaveh Bayat, after jurors became deadlocked over murder and conspiracy charges against him.<\/p>\n
Mr Bayat, who denied the charges, was accused of shooting Mr Green in the mouth after helping Ms Li lure him into a trap.<\/p>\n
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said he respected the decision of the 12 jurors who, he said, gave their “heart and soul”.<\/p>\n
“We are disappointed with the verdicts, since obviously we believe the evidence supported holding Ms Li accountable for the crimes,” said Mr Wagstaffe.<\/p>\n
Defence lawyer Geoffrey Carr said Ms Li intended to spend time with her family in China, where they made their fortune in property.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters about the verdict<\/a>, Mr Carr said: “It had nothing to do with money, it had to do with hard work done by… diligent lawyers.”<\/p>\n Ms Li and Mr Green were involved in a row over the custody of their two children, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n On 28 April 2016 they met at a pancake restaurant near her home in Hillsborough, an area south of San Francisco, considered one of the wealthiest communities in the US.<\/p>\n Mr Green never returned home from the meeting. His body was found nearly two weeks later, about 80 miles (128km) away. He had been shot dead.<\/p>\n A week after that, Ms Li and Mr Bayat were arrested on suspicion of murder.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ms Li’s bail – described as “mind boggling” in one news report at the time – was the highest ever posted in the county’s history, Mr Wagstaffe told the LA Times.<\/p>\n In the trial, prosecutors said Mr Green’s blood was found in Ms Li’s Mercedes and gunshot residue was discovered in her garage.<\/p>\n But Ms Li’s defence lawyers insisted she had nothing to do with Mr Green’s death. They argued Mr Green was killed in a botched kidnap plot that Ms Li had no involvement with.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What was the case against Ms Li?<\/h2>\n
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