negligent homicide
Reckless fatal conduct
Negligent homicide is the crime of causing someone's death through carelessness or failure to exercise reasonable care, without intent to kill.
Unlike murder or voluntary manslaughter, it doesn't require malice—only that the defendant's negligence was severe enough to be criminal: She was charged with negligent homicide after the accident.
The exact definition varies by jurisdiction.
Unlawful killing without forethought
- involuntary manslaughterUnintentional unlawful killing
- wrongful deathDeath caused by another's fault
- criminal chargeFormal accusation of lawbreaking
- felonySerious criminal offense
misdemeanor · indictment · prosecution · defendant · conviction · acquittal · sentencing · penal code
Obligation for one's actions
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- responsibilityState of being answerable
fault · culpability · dereliction of duty · duty of care · foreseeability · recklessness · carelessness · inattention
Operating vehicle while intoxicated
- DUIImpaired operating charge
- DWIIntoxicated driving charge
- medical malpracticeSubstandard care causing injury
- workplace accidentHarm occurring during employment
unsafe conditions · child endangerment · construction accident · industrial accident · impaired driving · distracted driving · safety violation · OSHA
manslaughter
Unlawful killing without forethought
- involuntary manslaughterUnintentional unlawful killing
- wrongful deathDeath caused by another's fault
- criminal chargeFormal accusation of lawbreaking
felony · misdemeanor · indictment · prosecution · defendant · conviction · acquittal · sentencing · penal code · statute
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
responsibility · fault · culpability · dereliction of duty · duty of care · foreseeability · recklessness · carelessness · inattention · disregard
drunk driving
Operating vehicle while intoxicated
- DUIImpaired operating charge
- DWIIntoxicated driving charge
- medical malpracticeSubstandard care causing injury
workplace accident · unsafe conditions · child endangerment · construction accident · industrial accident · impaired driving · distracted driving · safety violation · OSHA · building code
- homicide lawmurder charge, manslaughter, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter
- deadly crimesmurder, manslaughter, killing, assassination, infanticide
- offensesarson, robbery, treason, vandalism, kidnapping
- violenceviolence, physical attack, brutality, physical violence, aggression
- neglect crimesnonfeasance, failure to act, dereliction of duty, child abandonment, abandonment
negligent homicidepremeditated murder
Deliberate, planned killing
first-degree murder · assassination · murder in the first degree · second-degree murder · malice aforethought
negligent homicidejustifiable homicide
Legally sanctioned taking of life
self-defense · defense of others · legal execution · capital punishment · stand your ground
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