Both Uses of
manslaughter
in
Nineteen Minutes
- That's why they came back with manslaughter for two of the counts.'†
Chpt 2 *
- Josie had been charged as an accessory to second-degree murder and accepted a plea of manslaughter, with five years served.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
unintentional killing of a person
Manslaughter can be involuntary (as when a drunk driver accidentally kills someone), or voluntary (as when there was no plan to kill someone, but then the person kills in the heat of passion).