A Florida jury is currently deliberating whether Scot Peterson, 60, is guilty of 11 counts that include felony child neglect and culpable negligence. He has pleaded not guilty.
Mr Peterson’s case has added a legal and moral dimension to a fraught national debate over law enforcement’s responsibility to protect students during school shootings, which are a common occurrence in the United States.
Ah, America, where this happens so often that this type of mistake is common and understandable:
You’ve got the wrong mass slaughter of school children by gun violence there. You’re describing the events that happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas in 2022; this case is about the events that happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
Ah yeah I know they are different. What I meant was this guy has a clear defense under Warren v. DC (namely, that he had no specific duty to save lives) and he can simply argue that in his estimation he didn’t have the ability to effectively engage, whereas the Uvalde commander is clear dereliction of duty.