What's the difference between voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter?

Answer 1

Meant to hurt him and he died = voluntary

Didn't mean to hurt him and he died = involuntary

Answer 2

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What's the difference between voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter?

Answer 3

The difference between voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter are...

Voluntary is where you have intent to kill...like if you come home and find your spouse in bed with someone..."I'm gonna kill you" kinda thing and you actually do. In a situation where you lose your mind or control.

Involuntary is more of something like a car accident that is caused because of negligence, that kills someone. Like if people are racing down the road, and one car loses control and kills someone, say on the sidewalk...That would be involuntary, since they didn't intent on doing it.

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Answer 4

Define Manslaughter

Answer 5

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Voluntary manslaughter is when you intend to hurt someone (get in a fight with them) and accidentally kill them. Involuntary manslaughter is when you didn't intent to hurt anyone, but your actions or neglect accidentally caused the death of someone else. Example would be if you ran a red light and hit another car, killing someone int hat car.

Answer 6

Voluntary manslaughter describes cases where the defendant may have an intent to cause death or serious injury, but the potential liability for the person is mitigated by the circumstances and state of mind. The most common example is the so-called heat of passion killing, such as where the defendant is provoked into a loss of control by unexpectedly finding a spouse in the arms of a lover or witnessing an attack against his or her child.

Involuntary manslaughter, sometimes called criminally negligent homicide in the United States, gross negligence manslaughter in the UK or culpable homicide in Scotland, occurs where there is no intention to kill or cause serious injury but death is due to recklessness or criminal negligence.