Word: extortionate
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Womack, who was charged with mutilating millions of dollars worth of rare books, was acquitted on one count of extortion.
The jury was unable to reach a verdict on four separate indictments of extortion and a mistrial was declared on those counts.
On the extortion charges, the jury was trying to decide whether Womack intended to follow through with a series of bomb threats he made in letters to Widener Library and to Northeastern's Snell Library.
The prosecution is seeking to prove that Stephen L. Womack, a former Widener Library employee who has admitted to sending extortion letters and ravaging hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of books, is guilty of attempted extortion and willful and malicious destruction of property.
The defense argued that Womack did not intend to follow through with his threats to extort money or commit physical violence, thus rendering him not guilty of extortion and malicious destruction.