Defendant, a scaffolding erector with 10 years of experience in the industry, constructed a 13-story scaffold the weight of which exceeded the load-bearing capacity of the preexisting beams at the site that defendant used as the foundation for the scaffolding. The scaffold collapsed, killing five workers and seriously injuring four other people. In his allocution, defendant
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