Number	23756
Subject	Police
Source	ABC 7 (San Francisco, CA)
State	CA
Year	2007
Publication Date	08/13/2007; 08/14/2007; 08/23/2007; 08/30/2007; 12/18/2007
Summary	When the Chief Deputy Sheriff of the Lake County Sheriff's Office was driving a speed boat it collided into a sailboat, killing a woman. However, it was the man driving the sailboat that was charged with manslaughter. ABC 7's investigation found that investigators were not taking statements from witnesses critical of the deputy and judges were not excusing themselves from the case, despite personal relationship with him.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	23
Keywords	police department; manslaughter; criminal justice; judge; witness testimony;
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