Sentences with phrase «manslaughter by»

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.

In a decision issued in October 2016 (Fournier c. R), the Superior Court of Québec established that, in certain circumstances, an accusation of manslaughter by means of an unlawful act under s. 222 (5) a) of the Criminal Code can be based on a breach of provincial health and safety legislation.

The boy was arrested and charged with «manslaughter by negligence», «causing death by careless conduct», «drove without due care and attention», and «drove motor vehicle without a valid driver's license».

Rookie NYPD Officer Peter Liang has been charged with manslaughter by a grand jury, sources said.

The rookie officer was found guilty earlier this month of manslaughter by a mostly white jury and now faces up to 15 years in prison.

Duckenfield has been charged with the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 of the 96 disaster victims, while Bettison is charged with four offences of misconduct in public office.

In America, we have the highest rate of murder or manslaughter by firearm in the developed world.

Not exact matches

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.

If jurors decide the killing was unintentional but Garcia Zarate was grossly negligent, he will be guilty of involuntary manslaughter, punishable by two to four years in prison — though previous drug convictions could add 13 more years to his term.

Kenneth C. Edelin, M.D., is convicted by a Boston jury of the manslaughter of an anonymous emerging life born to an unknown, unwed black teen - ager — a 24 - week fetus.

Rules are few: Churchyards or cemeteries are off - limits; the ball can not be conveyed by a motorized vehicle; play must end by 10 p.m., regardless of whether either side has scored; manslaughter is strictly prohibited.

By the next day the jurors agreed that Spencer was born alive and that they would acquit Cryns on a charge of involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child.

He was convicted of manslaughter last year after shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but the conviction was changed to murder by an appeal judge this week.

The MDU welcomed today's announcement by Jeremy Hunt of a «rapid review» into the application of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says his Flint water crisis investigation is shifting to the «the trial phase,» but before it gets there, he's ramped up the stakes by charging five state and local officials with manslaughter for their actions related to the Flint water crisis.

State Police and Seneca Falls Police said Donald and Alison Bovio - both 38 - have been indicted by a Seneca County grand jury on 12 counts each, including murder, manslaughter, assault and child endangerment.

Jurors listened to concluding statements made by both plaintiffs and defendants on Tuesday, June 14, marking the final stage of the two - month - long manslaughter trial on the deaths of two firefighters in a 2007 blaze at the former Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St.. The summations came after final testimonies made on Mon., June 7, -LSB-...]

A candidate for the Eastport - South Manor, Long Island school board who has a manslaughter conviction said last night he planned to stay in the race, according to a text message he sent during a candidate forum and read aloud by the event's moderator.

A new inquest into the deaths increases the chances of convictions that were suggested by the recent announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service, who are looking into the possibility of manslaughter, perjury and misconduct in public office offences.

Under legislation introduced by state Sen. Martin Golden of Brooklyn and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island, anyone convicted of first - degree manslaughter would be denied a conditional release such as what Thomas was granted.

Despite the Lagos State Attorney General's simplistic and foolhardy assertion that the State Government would «pursue the case against TB Joshua and his Church to a logical end», the truth is that what the government is dealing with is a premeditated and well - orchestrated act of terror carried out by highly proficient, skilled and experienced operatives and not one of involuntary manslaughter which came about as a consequence of negligence on the part of the Church authorities or a faulty foundation.

Five people were indicted, with four of them facing second - degree manslaughter charges, following the March 2015 building explosion in Manhattan's East Village that authorities called «a deadly inferno fueled by an illegal gas - delivery system.»

The British Crime Survey suggests experience of violent crime has fallen by 50 % since 1995, but Mr Grayling suggested the survey does not properly monitor crime because it fails to include crimes such as murder and manslaughter.

An overhaul of murder laws making it easier for killers who suffered domestic abuse to escape with a manslaughter conviction has been announced by the government.

Lance Corporal Hassan Adam has been handed over a seven - year jail term by the general court martial (GCM) of the Nigerian Army after found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday.

For the first time in New York State, a defendant has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing someone by selling him drugs.

This was after the court presided over by Bernardine S.A Senoo found him guilty on the charge of manslaughter.

Justice Chun also reduced the ex-cop's manslaughter conviction, decided by a jury in February, to «criminally negligent homicide.»

John Harris White was convicted by a jury trial of Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree following a fateful incident on August 9, 2006 in Miller Place, N.Y. in which a young man was killed due to a gunshot fired by Mr. White.

Former NYPD officer Peter Liang was cleared of manslaughter and given probation by a Brooklyn judge Tuesday in the 2014 killing of an unarmed black man in a dark stairwell — a ruling that set off tears and denunciations from the victim's relatives and police critics.

The original manslaughter indictment against Haste was dismissed in May by Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett, who ruled that prosecutors from the office of Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson erred when they instructed the grand jury that it did not have to consider communications other officers gave Haste that Graham, 18, had a gun.

Psychiatrist John Gill has been charged by the state of New South Wales with manslaughter and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Freed from prison after serving a few years for manslaughter, Mitchell (Colin Farrell) is determined to go straight, the kind of doomed aspiration that indicates he'll be back in the game by the 45 - minute mark.

Following in the footsteps of heady, indie / genre fare like Primer, 2011's Another Earth saw Marling play a young woman scarred by having committed vehicular manslaughter, all while an ever - encroaching, duplicate orb literally looms in the sky.

, she only appears in a few minutes of the TV movie, The Preppie Murder, which stars William Baldwin, Danny Aiello, and Lara Flynn Boyle, and tells the true story of a murder committed by Robert Chambers, a serial killer who plead guilty to manslaughter in the death of an eighteen - year - old girl.

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 don't think it was murder, at the most it was manslaughter and Lindie was a child being threatened by an adult, but it probably would have gone badly for her.

Violent crimes are considered by the FBI to include murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

The father of the four - year - old Miami boy, Javon Dade Jr., who was killed by a resident dog or dogs, was charged with manslaughter.

Forty - six - year - old Glenford «Bucket» Bermudez, who pled guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife, Raquel Bermudez, was sentenced to twenty years today by Justice Adolph Lucas.

Rene Edward Barrios pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Thursday after killing 18 - day old Jaden Encinas for interrupting his videogame session by crying.

An Ontario Aboriginal man has had his conviction for manslaughter re-instated by the Supreme Court of Canada.

FIRST DEGREE FELONY (e.g. DUI Manslaughter): Punishable by up to 30 years in prison, 30 years of probation + $ 10,000 fine

«Murder» and «manslaughter» are specific crimes, usually now defined by state criminal statutes.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned manslaughter convictions for two co-appellants following a rare concession by the Crown.

The most interesting case being, R. v. Mackey (1918), 52 N.S.R. 165 (S.C.) On March 15 it was determined that the caption (nee captain) of the Mont Blanc was to be released on bail, opposed by the crown, while awaiting trial on manslaughter charges which were later dropped.

On appeal Martin's murder conviction was replaced by manslaughter, and in July 2003 he was released.

Guidelines in relation to corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death committed by organisations were published by the Council's predecessor in 2010.

When you're facing Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, Involuntary Manslaughter, or Reckless Homicide charges, you need aggressive defense by an experienced attorney.

Yet as shown by Gerald Stanley's acquittal by a jury on charges of murder and manslaughter after his admitted killing of Colten Boushie, lawyers and judges are not the only people relevant to the functioning of a criminal trial.