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Environmental & Energy,
Criminal

Jul. 3, 2018

Judge intervenes in oil spill trial questioning

The Santa Barbara County judge said one witness seemed to not know much.

Judge intervenes in oil spill trial questioning
HERMAN

SANTA BARBARA — “I don’t know” or “I don’t remember” were the answers an oil pipeline company’s safety manager gave to most questions asked by the prosecution team Monday in the criminal negligence trial over the 2015 Refugio State Beach oil spill.

Whether her inability to answer the prosecution’s questions were due to a lack of knowledge of pipeline integrity management procedure or because the prosecution team was asking questions...

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