A prudent handoff; Special prosecutor right choice in tunnel collapse.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: March 6, 2007 | Copyright information

COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION

Attorney General Martha Coakley made the right call in hiring a special prosecutor to sort out criminal charges in the Interstate 90 tunnel ceiling collapse last July that cost 38-year-old Milena Del Valle of Boston her life.

Ms. Coakley has named Paul F. Ware Jr. to sift through the piles of evidence and, in four months, determine whether flaws in design or construction were so egregious that bringing criminal charges would be justified.

Mr. Ware is eminently qualified to tackle that daunting task. Currently the chairman of one of the nation's ...

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