manslaughters
Accidental fatal crimes
Manslaughters is the plural of manslaughter, the crime of killing a person without premeditation or malice.
Unlike murder, manslaughter typically involves deaths resulting from recklessness, negligence, or heat-of-passion confrontations rather than deliberate intent.
The district attorney's office prosecuted three manslaughters that year.
Deliberate unlawful killing
- intentPlanned purpose
- premeditationAdvance planning of action
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- degreesUnits of measurement
lesser charge · heat of passion · provocation · diminished capacity · self-defense · excessive force · plea bargain · downgraded
Killings of humans
- killingsActs causing death
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
involuntary · voluntary · sentences · defendants · indictments · pleas · trials · reckless
Unintended harmful occurrences
- crashesSudden violent impacts
- collisionsForceful contacts between objects
- fatalitiesLosses of life
- drunk drivingOperating vehicle while intoxicated
reckless driving · hit-and-run · DUI · impaired · speeding · negligence · intoxication · victims
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- intentPlanned purpose
- premeditationAdvance planning of action
- maliceIntent to cause harm
degrees · lesser charge · heat of passion · provocation · diminished capacity · self-defense · excessive force · plea bargain · downgraded · mitigating circumstances
homicides
Killings of humans
- killingsActs causing death
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
charges · involuntary · voluntary · sentences · defendants · indictments · pleas · trials · reckless · culpable
accidents
Unintended harmful occurrences
- crashesSudden violent impacts
- collisionsForceful contacts between objects
- fatalitiesLosses of life
drunk driving · reckless driving · hit-and-run · DUI · impaired · speeding · negligence · intoxication · victims · traffic deaths
manslaughtersassassinations
Murders of important people
first-degree murders · murders · contract killings · executions · hits
manslaughtersrescues
Frees from danger
resuscitations · salvations · revivals · deliverances · preservations
- voluntary manslaughterKilling with mitigating circumstances
- vehicular manslaughterUnlawful killing via automobile
- involuntary manslaughterUnintentional unlawful killing
- corporate manslaughterBusiness negligence causing death
- manslaughter chargeLegal accusation for unintentional killing