culpable negligence
idiom
formal, law
: negligence that is regarded as a crime
The defendant is charged with culpable negligence.
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Peterson was ultimately acquitted last year seven counts of felony child neglect and three counts of culpable negligence.
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Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
The 43-year-old was set to be evaluated for competency in his culpable negligence case the following week.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
Isaac was charged with manslaughter, culpable negligence, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and aggravated assault with a firearm.
—USA TODAY, 30 May 2022
Charges against two of the officers were later dismissed; a third officer was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence and sentenced to five years in prison.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Peterson, 60, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, including seven of felony child neglect and three of culpable negligence, which prosecutor Steven Klinger said stem from each of the victims shot on the third floor of the school’s three-story 1200 building.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 June 2023
The father was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and permitting gun access to a juvenile, and eventually culpable negligence.
—Scott Butler, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
Peterson pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, according to CNN, including seven felony child neglect charges, three for culpable negligence and one for perjury.
—Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
Scot Peterson, who was a Broward County sheriff’s deputy and worked as a resource officer at the school in Parkland, was charged in 2019 with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 29 June 2023
Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
The 43-year-old was set to be evaluated for competency in his culpable negligence case the following week.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
Isaac was charged with manslaughter, culpable negligence, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and aggravated assault with a firearm.
—USA TODAY, 30 May 2022
Charges against two of the officers were later dismissed; a third officer was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence and sentenced to five years in prison.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Peterson, 60, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, including seven of felony child neglect and three of culpable negligence, which prosecutor Steven Klinger said stem from each of the victims shot on the third floor of the school’s three-story 1200 building.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 June 2023
The father was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and permitting gun access to a juvenile, and eventually culpable negligence.
—Scott Butler, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
Peterson pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, according to CNN, including seven felony child neglect charges, three for culpable negligence and one for perjury.
—Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
Scot Peterson, who was a Broward County sheriff’s deputy and worked as a resource officer at the school in Parkland, was charged in 2019 with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 29 June 2023
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