All 4 Uses of
manslaughter
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- I hadn't realized that the charges might have included negligent homicide, or even manslaughter.†
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- Manslaughter, not murder.†
- But you can't be sentenced to death for manslaughter, can you?†
- If what he'd said was true—if he'd seen Elizabeth being abused—then the two murders became manslaughter and self-defense.†
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).