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December 3, 2015

Justice Dept. Drops Manslaughter Charges Against BP Supervisors 
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The Justice Department has dropped the manslaughter charges against two
BP rig supervisors over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the
Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore
oil spill in U.S. history. In total, four former BP employees faced
criminal charges after the disaster. Two of the cases have already been
resolved without the employees serving prison time. On Wednesday,
prosecutors dropped the involuntary manslaughter charges against the
other two employees, Donald Vidrine and Robert Kaluza.

 

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