Judge Skeptical That Ferry Captain Acted Recklessly ; Could Give Shorter Term in 11 Deaths

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NEW YORK - A federal judge said Tuesday he was skeptical about whether a Staten Island ferry pilot acted recklessly by arriving at work tired and with a prescription pain drug in his blood on the day of the crash that killed 11 commuters in 2003.

"I don't think he had a conscious notion that one, much less 11, people were going to get killed because he went on the boat in the condition that he was in," U.S. District Judge Edward Korman said.

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Judge Skeptical That Ferry Captain Acted Recklessly ; Could Give Shorter Term in 11 Deaths

The judge's doubts could lead to a lower prison sentence for Richard Smith, who passed out before the crash of the Andrew J. Barberi ferr...

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