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  2. Manslaughter (United States law) - Wikipedia

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    Three types of unlawful killings constitute manslaughter. First, there is voluntary manslaughter which is an intentional homicide committed in "sudden heat of passion" as the result of adequate provocation. Second, there is the form of involuntary manslaughter which is an unintentional homicide that was committed in a criminally negligent manner.

  3. Homicide in English law - Wikipedia

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    There are three main forms of manslaughter in English law: voluntary manslaughter, cases which would otherwise amount to murder but for some legally recognised mitigating factor; and involuntary manslaughter which includes cases of gross negligence manslaughter and unlawful act manslaughter. [33]

  4. Manslaughter - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] There are two broad categories of manslaughter: unlawful act, and criminal negligence. Unlawful act is when a person commits a crime that unintentionally results in the death of another person. [35] Criminal negligence is when the homicide was the result of an act that showed wanton or reckless disregard for the lives of ...

  5. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Up to 1 year in county jail as a misdemeanor. 2, 4, or 6 years in state prison as a felony. Vehicular Manslaughter for Financial Gain 4, 6, or 10 years in state prison Involuntary Manslaughter 2, 3, or 4 years (a strike under California Three Strikes Law if a firearm was used) Voluntary Manslaughter 3, 6, or 11 years Second Degree Murder

  6. R v Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    The Lords stated, approving the Court of Appeal's ruling in R v Dalby [1982] 1 WLR 425, that the act of supplying drugs alone cannot be the foundation of a charge of unlawful act manslaughter as "the supply itself may have caused no harm unless the deceased had subsequently used the drugs in a form and quantity which was dangerous".

  7. Manslaughter in English law - Wikipedia

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    Note the aggravated form of criminal damage with intent to endanger life under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 which could provide the unlawful act if the damage actually causes death. But R v Carey, C and F [28] limits the scope of unlawful act manslaughter. An argument became violent and the first defendant punched and kicked one ...

  8. 4 Las Vegas teens agree to plead guilty as juveniles in ...

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    Four Las Vegas teenagers accused in the fatal beating of their high school classmate have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that will keep them from being tried as adults ...

  9. Murder in United States law - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder [1] are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states, third-degree murder, which in other states is divided into voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter such ...