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| | | Huh? I've been reading about 110 charges of 3rd degree murder and manslaughter brought against SabreTech by the state of Florida for the 1996 ValuJet crash: (URL) federal government is expected to follow suit. What I don't understand is how someone (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: ValuJet double jeopardy? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) Without reading the link I would say they might be charged with murder of the passengers and manslaughter of the pilots, but I'm probably wrong. (...) Dunno, but who cares? They screwed up, and they ought to pay. (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: ValuJet double jeopardy? —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) :-P Thanks, Mike. I agree they screwed up, but I had the impression that, in the U.S. there was an upper limit on the number of books that can be thrown at any given person. Jus' wanted to clarify. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: ValuJet double jeopardy? —Lee Jorgensen
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| | | | (...) AFAIK, double jeopardy is where you are _TRIED_ twice for the same offense. I believe that the States Attorney slapped them with both just to cover if the jury cannot find for 3rd Degree Murder, but can find for manslaugter ... Usually murder (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: ValuJet double jeopardy? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Would that be like if your ex-wife and her boyfriend were murdered, and it looked you did it, so you were tried for murdered, but you were acquitted, and so you got sued for "wrongful death"? Oh, wait; that's OK, because the suit is a *civil* (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: ValuJet double jeopardy? —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Aquitted, not based on whether he did it or not, but as a message to even the score on racism. (...) Screwed up system doled out a little justice after all. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then;-) (...) Screwed up! Are you (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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