agian really.............yep the first thing i do when running around in the middle of the nite at a high rate of speed with no lights and if i thought i hit something is to leave the area asap.

of course he was saying to himself, i really wanna take responsibility for killing this guy but hea a DUI might put a damper on my lifestyle. i got it, i'll leave the scene of the accident and call my lawyer.

Gee, what a tragedy........with all the investigation being done on this event, I wonder how much the forensic investigators are costing the State of New Jersey???

as I said, it could've been pushed down and away from the bow, spinning in the direction opposite of the impact...especially being that its a skiff, makes it more plausible that the boat went downwards from the impact and spun hard to port and away from the rest of he imp.

Without going through every post or bit of info available, I ask....was a polygraph test offered to Digilio?

Ted Kennedy was his hero & guiding light & role model?

To what point?

This is a show trial. Retrospective Theater.

A waste of time, effort and lots of money.

- There was no speed limit.
- There was no maritime hit-and-run/render aid law. Contra, Mr DeGilio WAS obligated to tend to his vessel and crew, post-incident.
- Clearly, legally, Mr Post was the Burdened vessel - with obligations and implications - regardless of Mr DeGilio's(?) juvenile, careless, reckless, insulting-to-all-boaters behaviour.

I think saliva tests on the Ocean Co. DA and the prosecutor would be more revealing.

They are not trying to enforce a black-letter law - they are trying to publicise what they wish the law 'should have been.'

Bob

Was it offered? Thats all I asked.

I have no idea, and I have not been following - nor especially care - this drama, save for opining abt the out-of-control supra-legal 'authorities;' offensive to everybody who loves liberty.

I don't see how they could offer a polygraph test. To ask what? and Why?

What would any answers have to do with made-up laws they wish were, but aren't?

The DA is clearly not much of a fan of most things near and dear to Western Civilisation, but even he prolly knows that asking for a polygraph test in the face of no declaration of legal suspicion of a law being broken is 'Fishing.'

You're trying to apply common sense to Maritime/Admiralty stuff, and it does not work. Maritime is mature, well-trod, high-structured, universally accepted (even NJ has legally, formally accepted that COLREGS apply to it's inland waters) and is absolutely essential to worldwide commerce.

Accidents happen, and COLREGS provides guidance for resolving them ... in a CIVIL forum (which has already happened I believe). The CRIMINAL stuff is Gestapo 101.

Bob

Thanks

I think I heard or read somewhere plea deals were offered but he declined to agree to them .