Jump off whatever you want – just be professional about it. Until yesterday, Jeb Corliss, 30, had faced up to seven years in prison for first-degree reckless endangerment. Under state law, a charge of first-degree reckless endangerment requires prosecutors to prove Corliss showed a “depraved indifference” to the risk of killing bystanders. But Justice Michael Ambrecht found that Corliss, who has some 3,000 successful jumps under his belt, was too experienced and too obviously concerned with public safety to have met the “depraved indifference” standard. “The circumstances surrounding this admittedly dangerous stunt suggest that rather than indifference to the risk of harm to others, [Corliss] took affirmative steps to ensure the safety of others,” the judge wrote.

Source: Washington Post August 06, 2022 08:15 UTC