Word: manslaughterer
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Why was Durst acquitted? There were no witnesses to the killing. Black's head could have proved how he was shot, but it was missing. Jurors say the defense stuck to its story that Durst acted in self-defense, while prosecutors gave several possible scenarios. The jury might have convicted...
"Those not in hospital turned up the next day, ostensibly for another drink." Roman Popav, Russian prosecutor, who charged a liquor-store manager with manslaughter for hosting a vodka-drinking contest in which the winner died and five others ended up in intensive care
Time that Chapman will now remain in prison after the press coverage alerted his manslaughter victim’s family of his impending release, prompting them to request the appeal board reaffirm his original sentence:
In 2002, Harvard reported no homicides, manslaughter or arson on campus. There were six drug law violations and two bias crimes, both of which involved a victim’s sexual orientation.
Farley and Sims were charged with first-degree murder, but an all-white jury convicted Sims on a lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter (to which Farley then pleaded guilty). A white judge, Wallace Gibson, suspended the boys' sentences and gave them two years' probation--scolding them for their "lapse...