A dive boat captain pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court for a second time to manslaughter in the fiery deaths of 34 people trapped below deck on his burning vessel three years ago off the Southern California coast.
A federal grand jury issued a new indictment last month alleging that Captain Jerry Boylan acted with gross negligence aboard the Conception during one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history. ABoylan faces 10 years in prison if convicted of a single count of misconduct or neglect of a ship officer - a pre-Civil War statute known as"seaman's manslaughter" that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
Prosecutors brought the second case against Boylan after U.S. District Judge George Wu in September dismissed the original indictment because it did not mention gross negligence, an element required to prove the crime.
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