Kerry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill be

(28 Feb 2014) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus006298 VOICE-OVER SCRIPT: A JURY IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK HAS AQUITTED KERRY KENNEDY OF DRUGGED DRIVING. KENNEDY HAD TESTIFIED THAT SHE ACCIDENTIALLY TOOK A SLEEPING PEEL INSTEAD OF HER SIMILAR-LOOKING THYROID MEDICATION BEFORE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL... AND DID NOT REMEMBER HITTING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN 2012. THE PROSECUTION HAD ARGUED THAT EVEN IF SHE TOOK THE PILL BY MISTAKE, SHE SHOULD HAVE PULLED OVER WHEN SHE FELT ITS EFFECTS. KENNEDY IS A HUMAN-RIGHTS ADVOCATE... THE EX-WIFE OF NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, A DAUGHTER OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY AND A NIECE OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. A SIX-PERSON JURY CLEARED HER OF DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED, A MISDEMEANOR. IT HAD CARRIED THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL. HANNAH BUCHDAHL, ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...