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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. Manslaughter - Wikipedia

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    Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th century BC. [1] The definition of manslaughter differs among legal jurisdictions.

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

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    Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As the loss of a human being inflicts an enormous amount of grief for individuals close to the victim ...

  5. List of types of killing - Wikipedia

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    Massacre, mass murder or spree killing – the killing of many people. Murder – the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human. Manslaughter - murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances. Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species (Latin: omni "all, everyone").

  6. 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 ...

  7. Trooper who shot Ricky Cobb II charged with murder - AOL

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    Trooper Ryan Londregan, 27, was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second degree manslaughter in the death of Cobb, a 33-year-old Black man, Hennepin County ...

  8. Former Sing Sing inmate convicted of manslaughter, not murder ...

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    The manslaughter charge carries a minimum prison term of five years and a maximum of 25 years. Son-Allah, 54, would have faced between 15 years to life and 25 years to life had he been convicted ...

  9. What the Murder and Manslaughter Charges Brought Against ...

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    Following the killing of George Floyd, the fired Minneapolis police officer is in custody, charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.