陪审团裁定，一名前船长在四年前的康森普辛号(Conception)船火灾中有罪，那场火灾造成33名乘客和一名船员死亡。

周一，69岁的杰里·博伊兰(Jerry Boylan)被认定犯有一项船员不当行为或疏忽的罪名，有时被称为海员过失杀人罪。

他将面临最高10年的监禁，并将于2月8日被判刑。

起初，他很高兴，但现在更像是一种解脱，詹姆斯·阿达米奇说。他补充说，没有什么能让亲人复活。

阿达米奇的儿子、女儿和孙子都在船上。

阿达米奇接着说，也许最重要的是它向其他许多行为鲁莽的船长发出的警告信号。

这场致命的火灾发生在2019年9月2日凌晨，当时这艘潜水船停泊在圣巴巴拉西南约22公里处的圣克鲁斯岛海岸附近。

该船起火时载有39人：33名客人和6名船员。船着火时，睡在甲板下的人都死了。

联邦调查人员在2020年10月报告称，他们无法确定火灾原因。

他们发现事故发生在船主甲板沙龙的后面，潜水员们在那里插上了手机、手电筒和其他电子设备。

根据美国检察官办公室的说法，博伊兰违反了船长的职责，成为第一个在没有使用公共广播系统提醒乘客火灾的情况下撤离船只的船员。

此外，联邦检察官声称，博伊兰没有使用包括灭火器在内的船上设备来灭火，也没有安排夜间值夜，这使得大火在整艘船上蔓延而未被发现。

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英文原文

A jury ruled a former captain guilty in the four-year-old Conception boat fire that massacred 33 passengers and a crew member.

Jerry Boylan, 69, was deemed guilty of a single count of misconduct or negligence of a ship officer, sometimes known as seaman’s manslaughter, on Monday.

He faces a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and will be sentenced on February 8.

At first, he was happy, but now it’s more like relief, remarked James Adamic. He added that there’s nothing that can bring loved ones back.

Adamic’s son, daughter, and grandchild were on board.

Perhaps most significant is the message it sends out to other captains, a lot of whom admitted acting recklessly, Adamic went on to say.

The fatal fire occurred early on September 2, 2019, when the dive boat was moored off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, some 22 kilometres southwest of Santa Barbara.

The ship was carrying 39 persons when it caught fire: 33 guests and six crew members. Those sleeping below deck perished when the fire overtook the ship.

Federal investigators reported in October 2020 that they could not ascertain what caused the fire.

They discovered it started in the back of the ship’s main deck salon, where the divers had plugged in cell phones, flashlights, and other electronic devices.

According to the US Attorney’s Office, Boylan violated his duty as captain by being the first crewmember to evacuate the vessel without using a public address system to alert the passengers about the fire.

Furthermore, federal prosecutors alleged that Boylan did not use the onboard equipment, which included an extinguisher, to battle the fire and did not keep a night watch, allowing the blaze to grow undetected throughout the vessel.

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