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  2. Manslaughter (United States law) - Wikipedia

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    If the defendant's intent was to cause death, the charge would be murder. [18] New York defines manslaughter in the second degree as a death that occurs without intent to cause serious physical injury, but where reckless conduct by the defendant resulted in death. This corresponds to "involuntary manslaughter" in most other states. [19]

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Why isn't attempted murder charged more often in ... - AOL

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    And in aggravated murder cases, which is the most serious charge a person can face under Ohio law, four of the 24 people charged (16.7%) during that time period also faced an attempted murder ...

  7. Attempt - Wikipedia

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    Under English law, R v Walker and Hayles (1990) 90 Cr. App. R. 226 deals with the issue of the power of a court to impute intention based on foresight. The defendants threw their victim from a third floor balcony and were charged with attempted murder.

  8. Attempted murder - Wikipedia

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    Attempted murder is the same as the offence of murder in Scots law with the only difference being that the victim has not died. [5] The offence of murder was defined in Drury v HM Advocate : [M]urder is constituted by any wilful act causing the destruction of life, by which the perpetrator either wickedly intends to kill or displays wicked ...

  9. Minnehaha County man receives life sentence for manslaughter

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    A Minnehaha County man, indicted on first-degree manslaughter and attempted murder charges, was sentenced to life in prison Monday. Isaiah Rain Dubray, 25, was arrested for first-degree murder and ...