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In New York State, the formal charge for criminally negligent homicide is a Class E felony. It is defined under New York Penal Law § 125.10.

Definition:
A person is guilty of criminally negligent homicide when, with criminal negligence, they cause the death of another person.

"Criminal Negligence" Defined:
According to NY Penal Law § 15.05(4), this occurs when a person fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that death will occur. The risk must be of such a nature that the failure to perceive it constitutes a "gross deviation" from the standard of care a reasonable person would observe.

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His family was waiting to meet him and his attorney was trying to contact him. Border Patrol failed to respond or facilitate contact with his attorney. Government officials have a fucking duty of care. They were derelict in that duty.

Compounding that dereliction, they dropped him off alone in a parking lot.

I am willing to bet they left him without a cent.

I am also willing to bet that he was ALREADY dehydrated and disoriented due to negligent treatment at the holding facility.

Yes, the precise circumstances have yet to be detailed, but I cannot imagine any set of circumstances under which a reasonable person would fail to foresee that leaving a man who could not communicate and who was nearly blind at a random location in freezing temperatures would put him at serious risk of harm or death.