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Criminal Charges in the Big Easy

It's all over the news - homicide charges have been filed against the owners of St. Rita's Nursing Home, where 34 elderly patients died in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.

Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti;

The pathetic thing in this case was that they were asked if they wanted to move them and they did not. They were warned repeatedly that this storm was coming. In effect, their inaction resulted in the deaths of these people.

They knew a killer storm was coming. They did not evacuate the people in their care. They are charged with homicide. Sounds reasonable. Now, how about the government officials whose
(in)actions were the same?

Is this a precedent? Will we see homicide charges brought against the caregivers of every minor or invalid who died? Will we see charges of criminal negligence brought against those who took no action to protect their wards but got lucky? I'm sure we won't.