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manslaughter

noun as in killing without malicious forethought

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Two officers who stood trial for the same charges were acquitted, while five others pleaded guilty to manslaughter before the trial.

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Mr Parke was arrested on suspicion of her manslaughter last September.

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A jury convicted Lorincz of manslaughter in August 2024, but the repercussions of her erratic and violent behavior continue to impact the Owens family and their neighbors.

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Button admitted killing Lincoln by manslaughter, but wept in the dock as jurors found her guilty of murder on Thursday.

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Prosecutors made the case that her level of mental illness did not meet the criteria for manslaughter, where someone's judgement and rationality is substantially impaired.

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