Blog: Memo to prosecutors in Camp fire: Convicting a company of murder is easier said than done

In a court filing Dec. 28, Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra’s office outlined the charges that the utility could face if it were found responsible for California’s deadliest wildfire. Murder, the most severe option, is at one end of a legal spectrum that includes involuntary manslaughter and has, at its other end, “misdemeanor offenses related to vegetation and power lines.”