DoJ dismisses last W.R. Grace defendant
Whether it’s Republicans or Democrats who run the show, this is how our government treats big polluters—and, therefore, big pollution.
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Federal Prosecutors Dismiss Last W.R. Grace Defendant
The last remaining defendant in the W.R. Grace & Co. trial in Missoula, Montana, O. Mario Favorito, the company’s chief lawyer, has been dismissed by federal prosecutors because all former defendants have been exonerated.
In May, Robert Bettacchi, Jack Wolter, and Henry Eschenbach were all acquitted of charges that they conspired to hide violations of the Clean Air Act and obstructed the course of justice in their positions as senior vice president, vice president of the construction products division, and director of health, safety and toxicology for W.R. Grace, a global specialty chemicals and materials company headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
The not-guilty verdict delivered for the first three defendants was handed down on May 8 after 35 days worth of testimony over a period of several months. Favorito, who was scheduled to stand trail separately in 2006 because of potential conflicts inherent in his defense, was dismissed on June 15.
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DoJ dismisses last W.R. Grace defendant
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