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MSNBC Analyst Glenn Kirschner suggested Tuesday that he would attempt to prosecute President Donald Trump for negligent homicide over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Kirschner laid out his explanation in a series of tweets, first claiming that the president “may have criminal exposure for some level of negligent homicide or voluntary/involuntary manslaughter for the way he’s mishandled the Coronavirus crisis.” He went on to tout his own career as a prosecutor, saying that he had always been “on the lookout for novel ways to apply homicide … liability in an attempt to appropriately and ethically hold accountable those who...

It’s been quite a while now since two collisions in the western Pacific involving US Navy vessels took the lives of a total of 17 sailors, injuring many others and significantly damaging their ships. The investigations being conducted by the military are wrapping up and charges have been filed against a number of senior personnel, including some which caught me totally by surprise. The Associated Press reports that a total of five officers, including the commanding officers of both the destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain, are being charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of the sailors.

NEW CANAAN, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — A high school junior is facing homicide charges after being accused of running down a [] jogger in Fairfield County. Police said the accident was as simple as it was deadly. The cell phone was out in the driver’s hand and the car veered for just a moment over the white line at the edge of the road before a sickening impact that left 44-year-old Kenneth Dorsey dead. Now, the 16-year-old driver who hit him has been charged with negligent homicide. The juvenile was called in by Norwalk Police for an emotional reckoning. ..." [snip]...

THE heartbroken parents of the stillborn baby girl who went missing from a Sydney hospital are bracing themselves for the worst possible news – their daughter was accidentally thrown away. Blacktown Hospital's most senior executive has told the family the most likely scenario is the baby was disposed of in "a tragic mistake". The 33-year-old mother from Western Sydney gave birth to a girl she later named Angelina in an ambulance on the way to Blacktown Hospital three weeks ago. Nine days later she was told by a hospital priest that the baby had "gone missing". The Daily Telegraph yesterday...

Detroit Police Investigate DETROIT -- A 6-year-old boy's 911 call for help was thought to be a prank, but the call was real and the boy's mother died, according to WDIV-TV in Detroit. Robert Turner called 911 to get help for his mother, Sherel Turner, 46, whom he found lying unconscious on the kitchen floor of their Detroit apartment in February, the station reported. "Then I had felt her tummy. She wasn't breathing. Then I had called 911," said Robert. "I told them to send an emergency truck right now." 911 Operator: "911. What's the problem?" Robert: "My mom has...

Opening statements and testimony are expected today in Yellowstone County District Court, where a Laurel day-care owner is on trial for negligent homicide. After a day of jury questioning, Judge Gregory Todd ended the first day of Sabine Bieber's trial at 4:30 p.m. He asked prospective jurors to return this morning for a final round of questioning from attorneys before a panel is chosen. Todd said he hopes to have 12 jurors and two alternates in place by mid-morning. Bieber is on trial for the Jan. 31, 2003, death of 1-year-old Dane Heggem. Prosecutors say Bieber gave the boy and...

She died at the scene of the crash, but her husband walked away. State police say the difference is he was wearing a seat belt. Troopers tell 9 News shortly after 12:30 p.m., the couple was headed west on I-10 near the Prairieville exit, when their truck's rear tire blew out. The vehicle began to spin out of control, eventually flipping in a group of trees. Troopers say the force of the crash threw the passenger, 50-year-old Lesa Stanton of Gretna, 30 feet out of the truck behind some bushes. The coroner pronounced her dead at the scene. Troopers say...

BOCA RATON, Fla. – A 3-year-old boy died when his dentist father left him inside a sport utility vehicle for three hours, officials said. Dr. Dennis F. Sierra took his son Andres to work with him Thursday and left the boy in the car, intending to be in the office for only a short time, Palm Beach County sheriff's spokeswoman Diane Carhart said. A relative called Sierra about three hours later to ask about the boy, and the father and office employees rushed to the car to find Andres was not breathing. The boy died about an hour later at...

Joseph Cory Erickson was reaching for his cell phone when he ran a red light in Murray last year, colliding with a left-turning car and killing the other driver. Erickson, 26, of South Jordan -- who pleaded guilty to one count of class A misdemeanor negligent homicide -- was sentenced Friday to 90 days in jail. As a condition of his 36-month probation, Erickson may not own or possess a cell phone. The conviction is believed to be the first negligent homicide case in Utah attributed to cell phone use -- which some state lawmakers have sought to ban while...