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Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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We have the depraved indifference homicide rule. It's when someone knowingly acts with such disregard for human life that it is likely their action will result in the death of others that the indifference to life essentially counts as intent to kill. It's generally considered 2nd degree murder.
A real life example was the Sclitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City. They had a dangerous waterside that had injured several people and was clearly too dangerous to operate. The company paid off the injured people to keep them quiet, and then, in August 2016, a child was decapitated by the ride.
The CEO was charged with 2nd degree murder.
Unfortunately, misleading information was provided to the grand jury by the AG, so the judge was forced to dismiss the case. The AG also charged the designers and engineers of the ride with murder, and introduced evidence to the grand jury in all cases (including the CEO) that the ride didn't meet Kansas safety standards and code, witbout mentioning that the code had been updated after the accident and that it did meet engineering and design standards at the time of construction.
If they'd just gone after the CEO and stuck to facts, the charges would have stuck. But as it was, the judge had to throw out the grand jury decision.