Looks like our justice moves slow. BP Rig Supervisors Must Face Manslaughter Charges For Deepwater Horizon Deaths, Judge Rules The two BP supervisors on board the Deepwater Horizon rig who made the last critical decisions before its tragic and historic explosion in 2010 wont be able to easily escape involuntary manslaughter charges over the deaths of eleven fellow workers, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Monday, saying the case should be decided by a jury. Donald J. Vidrine and Robert Kaluz had pled not guilty in 2012 to the charges in their 23-count indictment, which accuses them of mishandling an important safety test and failing to report abnormally high pressure readings that attorneys say were were obvious signs of an impending disaster. The blast, which blew out of BPs Macondo well, immediately killed 11 workers and resulted in the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/29/3220691/deepwater-death-jury/
