By Justin Giovannetti, The Globe And Mail; January 19, 2018
Four-and-a-half years after a runaway train exploded and killed 47 people in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic, a jury has acquitted three men charged with criminal negligence causing death.
After nine days of deliberation and a period where the jury in the high-profile case said they were at an impasse, jurors on Friday afternoon announced that Thomas Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Demaître were not guilty for their roles in the disaster. The three men had faced charges of criminal negligence causing death, while Mr. Harding faced additional charges of dangerous operation of railway equipment and dangerous operation of railway equipment or dangerous operation of railway equipment causing death.
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