Sentences with word «manslaughter»
"Manslaughter" is a legal term that describes the act of negligently causing someone's death, but without intending to kill them. It's considered a less severe crime compared to murder because there was no intention of causing death. Full definition
Six Italian scientists and one government official are set to go to trial today in Italy (Sept. 20) on charges of manslaughter for not warning the public aggressively enough of an impending earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009.
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An israeli military court has rejected an appeal against the conviction for manslaughter of a soldier for shooting a wounded palestinian attacker in hebron last year.
Police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire have written to residents suggesting there are grounds for corporate manslaughter charges.
Nick Barnard's case study on corporate manslaughter in Ethical Business Practice and Regulation
The disturbing part about his case is that he not only killed children after they had been born, but was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of a forty - one - year old woman, who died during his abortion.
While Weimer was considered a first - time BWI offender, he was convicted of vehicular manslaughter in 2007 and sentenced to two to six years in prison.
A 23 - year - old Cottekill man is facing vehicular manslaughter charges after, Ulster County sheriff's deputies say, while driving drunkenly he ran a stop sign and crashed into a Jeep, killing a 50 - year - old woman and seriously injuring a 19 - year - old man.
Tegra Harp, 22, is charged with manslaughter with a deadly weapon, a first - degree felony.
The previous starting threshold recommended for all corporate manslaughter convictions was # 500,000, but under the new guidelines, a category A (high culpability) offence committed by a large organisation would start at # 7.5 million with a category range of between # 4.8 — # 20 million.
I respectfully dissent as to the majority holdings that the erroneous admission of Kay Thomas's testimony was harmless error and that the appellants were not entitled to an instruction on second - degree manslaughter as a lesser - included offense.
Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer who drove a train that derailed in 2015 in Philadelphia and killed eight people, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after victims» families took advantage of a law that forced officials to act.
Alan Ladd stars as Steve Rollins, a former cop wrongly convicted on manslaughter charges.
Defenses that may be helpful in your Chicago involuntary manslaughter case include:
The MDU welcomed today's announcement by Jeremy Hunt of a «rapid review» into the application of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.
There are defenses in DUI manslaughter cases, which our Seminole County Criminal Defense Lawyers at Whittel & Melton can use.
The appellant had also been convicted of other serious criminal offences including manslaughter, arising from incidents taking place at about the same time.
Some 16 offenders were sentenced for manslaughter by gross negligence in 2014, incurring custodial sentences ranging from nine months to 12 years, four of which were suspended.
Ray faces manslaughter charges for the deaths allegedly tied to his October 2009 «Spiritual Warrior» retreat outside Sedona, Arizona.
Our Supreme Court affirmed the voluntary manslaughter conviction.
The Corporate Manslaughter Act covers British businesses, but they're already operating at high standards of accountability.
Plans to fine first - time offenders up to 10 % of their annual turnover for corporate manslaughter offences could force companies to leave the UK and move their headquarters elsewhere, if enacted, lawyers say.
Employers who commit manslaughter could face higher custodial sentences, from eight to 18 years in the most serious cases, under draft guidelines drawn up by the Sentencing Council.
Khari Noerdlinger, the 19 - year - old son of a former aide to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rachel Noerdlinger, had been charged with aggravated manslaughter, weapon possession and hindering apprehension in the death of 16 - year - old Savion Lewallen and pleaded not guilty.
A Broome County woman is dead and a Cortland County man is accused of vehicular manslaughter following
Neighbors spoke to the NY Times about the Bronx police officer convicted of second - degree manslaughter last week, while Rev. Al Sharpton called for the maximum sentence possible in the case.
No sooner had Michael J. Flaherty Jr.'s prosecutors obtained a felony vehicular manslaughter indictment in a hit - and - run case that a grand jury initially probed in 2014, than the acting DA's opponents pounced with questions about his personal involvement.
There should be clearer guidance for Coroners, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to prevent doctors being needlessly put through a gross negligence manslaughter investigation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today.
German police have launched an investigation into attempted manslaughter after Galatasaray fans threw firecrackers at Borussia Dortmund supporters during their Champions League match on Tuesday night.
In fact, reckless homicide is the crime of involuntary manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle.
Assemblyman Charles Barron publicly called Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson «out of your mind» for getting a felony manslaughter conviction against Liang and then recommending the shooter serve no jail time.
A judge reduced the rap from manslaughter to criminally negligent homicide in the death of Akai Gurley.
Under Michigan law, a person may be charged with involuntary manslaughter if he or she owns a dog involved in a fatal attack on a human.
Lawyers for the son of Rachel Noerdlinger, a former top de Blasio administration aide, doubled down on accusations that both a prosecutor and a detective «lynched» their client, lying to make manslaughter charges stick with a grand jury.
Defending intoxication manslaughter cases takes experienced representation from lawyers who not only understand the forensic sciences but the human elements of defending these cases as well.
The courthouse in L'Aquila, Italy, on February 15 hosted a highly anticipated hearing in the trial of six seismologists and one government official indicted for manslaughter over their reassurances to the public ahead of a deadly earthquake in 2009 (see «Scientists face trial over earthquake deaths» and «Scientists on trial: At fault?»).
Jo successfully advised on the acquittal of a corporate manslaughter prosecution in the crown court against an engineer.
When you asked a person who has been convicted of manslaughter due to reckless driving, he would tell you that he was distracted by something while behind the wheel.
A new scheme to allow families of murder and manslaughter victims to have their own say in court proceedings has today been highlighted by the lord chancellor.
Hank has returned home, after a very long absence, for his mother's funeral (and to flee from his wife's infidelity) and, while there, finds himself defending his father in a possible manslaughter rap.
Not even manslaughter, at that.
A woman who sent hundreds of texts to another teenager urging him to kill himself was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday by a Massachusetts judge.
Because the jury couldn't arrive at a verdict on the reckless manslaughter charge (it voted 8 - 4 in favor of acquittal), prosecutors can still retry Williams on that count.
St. Petersburg DUI Accident Attorney:: St. Pete Teen Charged with DWI Manslaughter in Double - Fatal Parrish Collision
Ever since the publication of the draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill, an increasingly heated debate has raged between interested lobbying groups concerning the formulation of financial penalties to be levied against an organisation on conviction, specifically whether fines should be calculated by reference to that organisation's turnover.
Judge Danny Chun dropped manslaughter conviction down to criminal negligent homicide in killing of Akai Gurley