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Definition of voluntary manslaughter in English: voluntary manslaughternoun mass nounLaw The crime of killing another person unlawfully in circumstances that do not amount to murder (for example, without premeditation or as a result of mitigating circumstances such as diminished responsibility) he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Example sentencesExamples - He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in an agreement with prosecutors last year.
- Charged with voluntary manslaughter, he spent three weeks in jail.
- She was arrested Monday on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and causing willful harm to a child.
- A registered sex offender with convictions for voluntary manslaughter, rape and kidnapping, he has been in custody since August.
- Marin County prosecutors filed a voluntary manslaughter charge in a Dillon Beach shooting after a second judge rejected a murder charge.
- No charges have yet been brought but conviction for voluntary manslaughter carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison in Brazil.
- She was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter.
- She pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter in September.
Definition of voluntary manslaughter in US English: voluntary manslaughternoun Law The crime of killing another person unlawfully in circumstances that do not amount to murder (for example, without premeditation or as a result of mitigating circumstances such as diminished responsibility) he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Example sentencesExamples - Charged with voluntary manslaughter, he spent three weeks in jail.
- She was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter.
- She was arrested Monday on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and causing willful harm to a child.
- Marin County prosecutors filed a voluntary manslaughter charge in a Dillon Beach shooting after a second judge rejected a murder charge.
- He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in an agreement with prosecutors last year.
- She pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter in September.
- No charges have yet been brought but conviction for voluntary manslaughter carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison in Brazil.
- A registered sex offender with convictions for voluntary manslaughter, rape and kidnapping, he has been in custody since August.
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