Red and Fred are working a construction job for BTB Construction Company. One day as the two are pouring a concrete foundation, the forms collapse. Red and Fred are buried under tons of concrete. It takes several days to recover their bodies
Subsequent investigation reveals that the company did not follow appropriate safety and construction standards in building the foundation. Under Texas law, the most serious offense BTB Construction Company has committed is:
A) capital murder because more than one person died.
B) no offense because a company cannot be held responsible under criminal homicide laws.
C) murder under the felony murder rule.
D) criminally negligent homicide.
D
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