Johnny Bell, the attorney for the mother and daughter, petitioned the court during a nearly two-hour hearing on March 30 for the dismissal on grounds that the indictments were insufficient.
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A Broward judge stood by his decision Monday to find a top administrator not guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of nursing home residents who perished in intense heat at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills after it lost power to its air-conditioning system due to Hurricane Irma in 2017. The decision ends any possibility that someone will be held criminally liable for the dozen tragic deaths. Broward Circuit Judge John J. Murphy III issued his ruling on Friday, days after prosecutors finished presenting their negligence case against Jorge Carballo, 65, was charged in nine of the 12 deaths.
A century ago this week, a trial of historical interest snagged on a hung jury at Little Rock. Historians who study U.S. labor unions, railroad history, police interrogation methods and even the history of the Ku Klux Klan could find this case interesting. Old News is, of course, intrigued for less serious reasons.