Columbia’s Fotoohighiam slams criminal justice system, following acquittal
A Columbia businessman who’s been acquitted on charges of trying to have his ex-wife killed describes the legal system as corrupt. Judge Steven Ohmer found Mehrdad Fotoohighiam not guilty, following this week’s bench trial at the Boone County Courthouse. Fotoohighiam spoke to our news partner ABC-17 minutes after being released from jail. He tells ABC-17’s …