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单词 culpable homicide
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Definition of culpable homicide in English:

culpable homicide

noun
mass nounLaw
  • (in some jurisdictions, including Scotland, South Africa, and India) an act which has resulted in a person's death but is held not to amount to murder.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Convictions generally carry lesser sentences than in manslaughter or culpable homicide cases in the UK.
    • They must protect life by enacting criminal legislation which aims to punish individuals who deprive others of their right to life - i.e. murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide, etc.
    • The husband has committed an act that is morally wrong; he has committed murder, or perhaps culpable homicide, or at least manslaughter.
    • In March 2002, they were both acquitted on charges of murder and culpable homicide.
    • The jury convicted him of culpable homicide, rather than murder.
 
 
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