Former top aide to Snyder plans to sue over Flint water prosecution, claims $3.8M in damages mlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Following the rejection of its appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court, state prosecutors declared an end to the effort to hold former Governor Rick Snyder and others to account for the lead poisoning of the working class city of 100,000.
The Sept. 10, 2019 PBS article accompanying the Frontline documentary "Deadly Water" was topped by a provocative headline: "The EPA Says Flint s Water is Safe Scientists Aren t So Sure."
Secret grand jury helped prosecutors beat statute of limitations deadline in Flint water case
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Facebook Share
Most felonies and misdemeanors carry a six-year deadline for filing charges in Michigan.
The deadly decision to switch Flint’s water source from the Detroit River to the Flint River occurred on April 25, 2014. Some speculated that if charges didn’t come before April 25, 2020, it would be too late.
“April 25, 2014, is a significant date in the history of the Flint water crisis. However, we want to correct the misconception that April 25, 2020 is the deadline to bring charges against those who may be criminally liable,” said Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, who are leading the Flint water investigation, in an April 2020 joint statement. “Criminal statutes of limitations vary depending on the offense and the date of the alleged criminal act.”
Flint water crisis prosecutors are holding back many of the details connected to new criminal charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others but appear to have laser focused on the connection between Flint water and outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in the area in making the charges.