pMANILA, Philippines - US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith was acquitted yesterday of the crime of rape and ordered immediately released from detention after the Court of Appeals (CA) ruled that his sexual tryst with ldquo;Nicolerdquo; was ldquo;a spontaneous, unplanned romantic episode,rdquo; and that they were ldquo;carried away by their passions.rdquo;/p
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