Lawyers argue whether Kennedy's drug-driving error was criminal

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Lawyers argue whether Kennedy's drug-driving error was criminal

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sleep-driving-possible-case-rfk-daughters-accident-expert-183103841.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y.yDqs9u4Sl355pKmHh.Qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-27T183103Z_1_CBREA1Q1FFX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-KENNEDY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kerry Kennedy, daughter of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy and ex-wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, exits the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains, New York" align="left" title="Kerry Kennedy, daughter of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy and ex-wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, exits the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains, New York" border="0" /></a>By Victoria Cavaliere WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Attorneys in the drugged driving trial of the daughter of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy on Thursday debated whether Kerry Kennedy made a criminal mistake when she crashed her car in 2012 after inadvertently taking a sleeping pill. Defense attorneys said in closing arguments that Kennedy, a 54-year-old author and activist, had intended to take a thyroid medication before driving her silver Lexus to the gym, but accidentally took the sleeping aid zolpidem, known by its brand name Ambien. Prosecutors conceded that Kennedy had not intended to take the sleeping pill but should have realized her error before sideswiping a tractor-trailer on a suburban New York highway and driving away. &quot;Her mistake was a very serious one,&quot; Assistant District Attorney Doreen Lloyd said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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