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Deputy Who Fatally Struck Cyclist While Answering Email Will Face No Charges

Posted by samzenpus on from the off-the-hook dept.

Frosty P writes The LA County District Attorney's Office declined to press charges against a sheriff's deputy who was apparently distracted by his mobile digital computer when he fatally struck cyclist and former Napster COO Milton Olin Jr. in Calabasas last December. The deputy was responding to routine work email when he drifted into the bike lane and struck and killed Mr. Olin. An official with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said it is launching its own probe into the deputy’s behavior.

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  1. Re:yet if we did it by Fuzion · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry. Not being native and neither a lawyer my grasp of these things is limited. What's the difference? (honestly, I want to know in order to prevent misusing them in the future)

    Being sued is in a civil lawsuit, usually for some monetary amount (for example by the family of the cyclist), whereas being prosecuted is for a criminal case, with potential prison time (by the district attorney).

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    "Knowledge makes us accountable." - Che Guevara
  2. Re:yet if we did it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Funny you say that because the officer initially claim that the bicycle swerved into his path causing the accident:

    http://bikinginla.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/JSID_wood.pdf