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wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:20:29 -0500, Boater wrote:

About 16 years ago in North Carolina, 25 workers were killed and another
50 were severely injured in a chicken processing plant fire. The doors
of the plant were padlocked once the workers were inside at their
stations on their shifts. The plant owners claimed they padlocked the
doors to prevent vandalism and theft.

So, did anybody go to prison for manslaughter?

In the south? For killing black people as a result of industrial
negligence? You're kidding. I do recall reading that the survivors tried
to sue the state because its inspectors never examined the plant, but
the state's high court dismissed that suit.

Remember...these were poor people...in the south.