[Hojczyk]

The prosecutor is a little out of control on this???? Murder

Bye Bye amusement parks...

[Col Frank Slade]

How horrible.

[mylife]

I love the original Schlitterbahn, but these guys have a price to pay.

The Old Schlitterbahn was the greatest family friendly place ever.

[piasa]

I can see incompetence, but murder? Where’s the malice?

[2banana]

No engineers involved with the design and building of the tallest water ride in the country...

What could go wrong?

[funfan]

So what about the bridge in Florida that pancaked onto cars anyone in trouble for that?

[chris37]

So his intent was to take the life of Caleb?

[lacrew]

“lost control on the 17-foot slide”

Reporters are dumb. This thing is much, much higher than that.

[LegendHasIt]

Did that Kansas prosecutor even go to law school?

Of course if it had been the son of some peasant rather than an elected official, it probably wouldn’t have gone beyond a civil suit for negligence, if that.

[puppypusher]

How can these guys who designed this slide be charged with Murder?At most they could be charged with Manslaughter because it was an accidental death.

This should be tried in civil court.Not a criminal court.

Seems that the Prosecutor is placating a politician instead of doing his duty impartially.

[WASCWatch]

The guy was returning to the U.S. to turn himself in. Arresting him at the airport was uncalled for and grandstanding.

[shanover]

Murder is absurd although if it were my child, it would be murder.

[lacrew]

Universal Citation: KS Stat § 21-5403 (2014) 21-5403. Murder in the second degree. (a) Murder in the second degree is the killing of a human being committed: (1) Intentionally; or (2) unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.

[Michael.SF.]

"claiming it met all of the required American Society for Testing and Materials standards for use."

Using the right material does not correct a bad design. Sorry, but they will need a better defense then that.

[anton]

Jumped the shark.

[joethedrummer]

Wait a minute...

With Hillary, it was - well, we cant prove INTENT...

Why is THIS guy being charged with murder???

[Mariner]

Sounds like gross negligence, not murder 2.

And I don’t believe either of the 3 will be convicted of criminal charges.

But I DO believe this state senator holds a lot of influence over the DA that convened the grand jury and selectively fed them evidence and points of law.

Because only by that method would a grand jury indict on these trumped up charges.

[mewzilla]

For the folks who think the DA has run amok, from 2016 with a recent update...

'THERE WAS A TRAIL OF BLOOD' Teenage girls reveal horror of seeing 10-year-old boy ‘decapitated’ on the world’s tallest waterslide

More details at the link. This was horrific.

[TChris]

Stupid political over-charging. I hope he gets a not-gulity verdict for that alone.

As if the designer wanted to kill children. Pfffft.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

What disturbs about this case is unqualified people designing it, and then deliberately hiding a record of 13+ injuries the first six months of operation and refusing to do anything about it. Makes you wonder about all these parks.