Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press In this April 21, 2010, file photo, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La. A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for British oil giant BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a...

NEW ORLEANS—BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department’s criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers a...

Published: 01/30/2013