{"id":37351,"date":"2014-08-29T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T13:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/lac-megantic-lawyers-want-charges-dropped\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T09:22:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T13:22:02","slug":"lac-megantic-lawyers-want-charges-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-lawyers-want-charges-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Lac-Megantic: Lawyers want charges dropped","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL &#8211; The union and lawyers representing two railway employees accused in the Lac-Megantic disaster are urging the Crown to drop the charges in light of recent findings by the Transportation Safety Board.<\/p>\n<p>Engineer Tom Harding, railway traffic controller Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre, the manager of train operations, each face 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death \u2013 one for each victim of last summer&#8217;s oil-train derailment in the Quebec town.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete Canadian Press story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.durhamregion.com\/news-story\/4804509-lac-megantic-lawyers-want-charges-dropped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DurhamRegion.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL &#8211; The union and lawyers representing two railway employees accused in the Lac-Megantic disaster are urging the Crown to drop the charges in light of recent findings by the Transportation Safety Board. 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