U.S. judge rejects family members’ bid to reopen Boeing 737 MAX plea deal

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Boeing won immunity from criminal prosecution as part its $2.5 billion Justice Department deferred prosecution agreement over a 737 MAX fraud conspiracy charge related to the plane’s flawed design.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled he did not have legal authority to grant the relatives’ request, saying he had “immense sympathy for the victims and loved ones of those who died in the tragic plane crashes resulting from Boeing’s criminal conspiracy.”