UCLA Chemistry Prof avoids jail time in plea bargain of lab safety case.

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Five years ago one of his students was  burned to death because she mishandled a combustible substance. Blaming the accident on failure to train, two years ago the city charged the prof with a crime.  Now he gets community service in lieu of jail time.
http://chronicle.com/article/Liability-in-the-Lab-UCLA/147303/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

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