Word: manslaughterer
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Another alternative, tried in California but recently abolished by the legislature, is the doctrine of "diminished capacity." A defendant charged with first-degree murder, for example, could be convicted of a lesser offense like manslaughter, and thus receive a shorter prison term, if he was unable to "maturely and meaningfully...
Sutcliffe pleaded guilty to seven counts of attempted murder. Then, as his wife looked on with distress from a nearby seat and grim-faced relatives of the victims strained to hear, he was questioned about 13 counts of murder. Occasionally stumbling nervously over his words, he responded: "Not guilty to...
Despite Sutcliffe's admission of guilt on the seven charges of attempted murder and 13 of manslaughter, his trial was far from over. Expressing "grave anxiety," the judge, Sir Leslie Boreham, asked the attorney general and chief prosecutor, Sir Michael Havers, to explain "in greater detail than usual" the...
Should the manslaughter plea be accepted, Justice Boreham would still have the power to sentence Sutcliffe to any prison term, possibly including life. He could also order hospitalization. Whether Sutcliffe goes to prison or to a prison hospital, it is certain he will not have to face execution. Except in...
Two of those men, Edward J. Soares and Richard S. Allen are now free. Leon J. Easterling, who twice testified that he stabbed Puopolo and Thomas J. Lincoln '77 during an early morning Combat Zone brawl, is awaiting an appeal of his conviction for manslaughter.