The Latest: Jury Selection Begins for Ex-BP Rig Supervisor

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Jury Selection Begins for Ex-BP Rig Supervisor

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Feb 16, 2016, 11:13 AM ET

The Latest on the trial for a former BP rig supervisor who faces a pollution charge in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill (all times local):

9:45 a.m.

Jury selection has started in the trial of a former BP rig supervisor who faces a pollution charge in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Robert Kaluza faces a misdemeanor charge of violating the Clean Water Act. Prosecutors say Kaluza and another rig supervisor, Donald Vidrine, missed clear signs of trouble before the well blowout.

Vidrine pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor pollution charge last year. Both men had faced charges of manslaughter in the death of 11 workers who were killed when the offshore rig exploded, but federal prosecutors backed off those charges.

Judge Stanwood Duval told about 70 prospective jurors that he wants a jury chosen Tuesday for a 13-day trial.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-jury-selection-begins-bp-rig-supervisor-36973560

[tularetom]

1. "prosecutors backed off those charges."

They seem to be doing that a lot these days.

Unless its some kid picked up for possession, that is.