Florida boot camp staff cleared in teen's death

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida jury acquitted seven former guards and a nurse of manslaughter on Friday in the death of a 14-year-old boy whose beating by the guards at a juvenile boot camp was caught on videotape. 

The death of Martin Lee Anderson, who was sent to the detention camp for joyriding in his grandmother's car, sparked widespread outrage when the tape was made public, leading to accusations of a cover-up against then Gov. Jeb Bush, protests at the state capital and closure of Florida's boot camps.