A Yonkers demolition contractor has agreed to pay $60,000 to Riverkeeper Inc. and to discharge cleaner stormwater into the Saw Mill River, to settle a federal Clean Water Act lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel endorsed the deal between Riverkeeper and Capital Industries Corp. and CEO George McGuire on Nov. 21.
A federal judge has approved settlements between Riverkeeper Inc. and three Yonkers businesses that the environmental organization accused of discharging polluted stormwater into the Saw Mill River.
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Just taking part in a crime that resulted in a death not reason for murder charge, state Supreme Court rules
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State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, sponsored the law eliminates murder charges against defendants who did not kill or intend to kill but took part in a crime in which death was a “natural and probable consequence.”Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
California law formerly allowed murder charges against someone who did not kill anyone or intend to do so but took part in a crime a street fight, for example in which death was a “natural and probable consequence.”