Manslaughter in the Bahamas: U.S. Boater Convicted at Home for Crimes Abroad

Sentenced to Four Years for Deaths at Turtle Rocks

This is what it looks like when after a boat running at over 40 mph hits a rock. In this case two people were thrown from the boat and killed. This photo was evidence in the trial of Losbel Fernandez.

A federal court case in Miami should serve to remind us that crimes that U.S. mariners commit on their American boats are “within the special maritime and …