No criminal charges to be laid against CHSLD Herron over COVID-19 deaths The Quebec prosecutor’s office announced last month that the evidence in the case did not meet the bar for criminal charges.A report commissioned by the provincial government accused the owners of “organizational negligence” that resulted in a failure to meet residents’ needs as the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020.The hearings into Herron will hear from dozens of witnesses, beginning Tuesday morning with a police officer and the head of Montreal’s public health department..