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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 08:00 PM
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Louisanna nursing home owners charged in 34 deaths...
Two accused of negligent homicide for not evacuating residents.

BATON ROUGE, La. - The husband-and-wife owners of a New Orleans-area nursing home where 34 people died in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters were charged Tuesday with negligent homicide.

The case represents the first major prosecution to come out of the disaster in New Orleans.

The owners of St. Rita's Nursing Home in the town of Chalmette "were asked if they wanted to move (the patients). They did not. They were warned repeatedly that this storm was coming. In effect, their inaction resulted in the deaths of these patients," Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti said.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 08:03 PM
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1. The little people
when will the big dogs be charged?
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 08:04 PM
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2. But I have a question about this
If N.O. is under martial law, and if there is a state of emergency with the military basically in control, couldn't they be tried in a military tribunal?
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