OU Student Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Dorm Fall
Published: August 6, 2009
ATHENS, Ohio—An Ohio University student has pleaded not guilty to charges in another student’s death from a four-story fall.
Nineteen-year-old James Wagers, of the Mansfield area in north-central Ohio, was in court Wednesday in Athens and entered not guilty pleas to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated drug trafficking.
Prosecutors say Wagers gave hallucinogenic mushrooms to 20-year-old Eric Hansen in April before the engineering student from suburban Cleveland fell from a fourth-floor dorm window at OU. A coroner said traces of mushrooms were found in Hansen’s blood.
A jury trial has been scheduled for Nov. 12.
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Apparently they draw the line when the death is a result of distributing illegal drugs of undetermined strength quality and composition with dangerous and unpredictable results.
Michael Jackson’s physicians are now discovering their responsibilities, and so should the social and street dealers.
What a bad situation. One kid is dead, another kid’s life is going to be altered. I do wonder how they are going to prosecute this. If I go to the bar, get drunk, and then get into a crash on the way home, the bartender and establishment can be found liable. However, if I go to the store sober, buy a case of beer, and then go home, get drunk, and then get into an accident, beat my wife, or all the other crimes alcohol is linked to, the store is not liable. Where do they draw the line?
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