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Federal appeals court rules BP plea bargain in blast case violated rights of victims

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled [PDF text] Wednesday that the plea agreement made by BP [corporate website] following a 2005 explosion at a Texas City refinery must be sent back to the US district court in Houston for reconsideration. The accident killed 15 and injured 180, but secret negotiations for a plea agreement were conducted without input from the surviving victims.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).

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