"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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What part of "accident" is so difficult to understand. For what crime
would you prosecute the flight lead? Murder? Did he premeditate? What
crime?


The flight lead clearly did not intend for anyone to be killed, but his
unlawful actions did result in the death of another human being. Sounds
like manslaughter to me.



We live in a litigious society. Folks threaten to sue when the spill
hot coffee in their laps and to avoid the costs of the litigation, the
prospective defendant will often reach a settlement. No criminal
charges were brought, because no prosecuter with an ounce of judgement
would be able to define a "crime" and no civil action was brought,
because Ms Olivier really couldn't prove that a flight lead decision
was in any way malicious toward her husband.


Does malice have to be shown? Wouldn't malice make it murder and not
manslaughter?