Do you think criminal negligence DID NOT TAKE PLACE?? How can you say it didn't? Now, no, I do not think the engineers were negligent, they were the ones ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS told management "if we do things this way serious shit is going to happen." There are numerous documented cases of this! You even give the example of Jimmy Harrel screaming at the executive "are you happy?? I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPENAnd that was not the only time, off the top of my head there were at least 5 instances where BP was told what they were doing was substandard and could lead to disaster.
You said "The standard for which is that beyond a reasonable doubt that actions taken were done without regard for human life or an indifference to consequences"
That hasnt been met? There is so much fucking evidence that it has been met. Haliburton told them that the way they were doing it was dangerous, TO told them, their own engineers told them, there is instance after instance. Documented! And the prosecutions closing? "Deepwater Horizon installation manager Jimmy Harrel screaming "Are you fucking happy?Are you fucking happy? The rig's on fire! I told you this was gonnahappen." into a satellite phone while talking to an exec in Houston minutes after the rig went up in flames"
I TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!How can a rational person NOT say this isnt negligence?