No charges in teen's Florida boot camp death

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Kasz216 said:

Mise said:
I'd expect shit like this from the russian military, but from the US army?

That's an epic failure on so many different levels it's mind boggling.

I think the point is being missed.  The guards were found guilty under Florida law... for Manslaughter.

The charges NOT being levied here are Civil Rights penalties.

 

AKA that this was a hate crime because he was black.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7042429.stm

Acquitted instead, apparently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter#Criminally_negligent_manslaughter this seems the closest to what they did, but even if the court ruled that evidence didn't suffice, I find it disturbing that they weren't charged with anything. At least that's what the bbc news piece suggests:

The jury could have convicted them of lesser charges, including child neglect and culpable negligence.

edit: beat me by a minute :)