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Captain sentenced to 4 years in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat in California

Defendant Jerry Boylan, captain of the Conception, leaves federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday. (Richard Vogel/AP)

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel.

The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits.

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