Originally Posted by andrewscott
Originally Posted by johnes
Andrew you are going apples to oranges here.


It is true i brought in an example "off the water" ... but just as Hobie1616's earlier post exemplifies... (http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=72984)

"the prosecutors, colleagues of Perdock's, are claiming that Thornton's death was Dinius' fault because, although he was not the skipper of the boat, he was at the helmsman's position ..."

And this is all based on opinion... i could be wrong, as i am not a lawyer, and even if i was, lawyers argue (all day long) the exact meaning of the laws


Andrew:

Do you know all the facts in the case" Did you read this in the aricle?

"Well, duh!" But with the Lake County Sheriff's Department working so hard to convict Dinius in an apparent attempt to divert attention from Perdock, the real culprit, there is no way to avoid having to go through the obvious.

Why wasn't the driver of the motor boat that happened to be an off duty sheriff charged - ah the question we will never know.