Jerry Boylan, was found guilty in 2023 of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, colloquially known as seaman's manslaughter for the deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member on the dive boat Conception.
The captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire and killed all 33 of the boat's passengers and one crew member in 2019, faces sentencing in Los Angeles federal court Thursday, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Captain Jerry Boylan, now 70, faces 10 years in federal prison.Boylan, was found guilty in 2023 of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, colloquially known as seaman's manslaughter for one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history.
Defense attorneys argued that the flames quickly closed in on Boylan, but he stayed aboard until he made the mayday call to the Coast Guard and only jumped when he was sure he would not live otherwise.Surviving crew members told the National Transportation Safety Board that the boat's smoke alarms never went off. A preliminary NTSB report found that all six crew members were asleep when the fire broke out, a violation of Coast Guard rules requiring there to be a night watchman on duty.
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