SAN DIEGO -- A Yolo County judge ruled May 17 that there is insufficient evidence to take the involuntary manslaughter case against farmer Donald W. Beeman to trial.Superior Court Judge W. Arvid Johnson ruled that the prosecution, led by Worker Safety Circuit Prosecutor Kyle Hedum, did not produce sufficient evidence to show that Beeman acted with gross negligence in a November 2000 incident in which farm worker Emilio Palomares died.Palomares was attempting to remove clogged corn from a harveste
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