Seventh Circuit judges cast doubt on arguments for reversing the convictions of two Didion Milling Inc. executives sentenced to two years each in prison for lying to officials during an investigation of a 2017 fatal grain dust explosion.
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit focused its inquiry on instructions given to jurors. The jury found Derrick Clark, the company’s vice president of operations, and Shawn Mesner, a former food safety superintendent, guilty of falsifying US Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Environmental Protection Agency records.
The judges’ questions centered on whether jury instructions properly addressed elements of ...
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