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manslaughterIn English law, the unlawful killing of a human being in circumstances less culpable than murder - for example, when the killer suffers extreme provocation, is in some way mentally ill (diminished responsibility), did not intend to kill but did so accidentally in the course of another crime or by behaving with criminal recklessness, or is the survivor of a genuine suicide pact that involved killing the other person. |
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| But this word will I say unto mine enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what ye have done unto me! Is he going to make it manslaughter, or what's he going to make of it? Sir William died in a few days, and Wingrave, on the evidence of Lumley and Ruth, was committed for manslaughter, and sent to prison for fifteen years |
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