types of manslaughter
Finale project
Caitlin Markwardt
Criminal Investigation
Prof Alyson Frickel
10-06-2013
During the course of this class I learned a lot of new stuff that I was unaware of before taking this course. I found a lot of it very interesting and helpful for the field of study I wish to do once finished with school it also opened my eyes to other fields in criminal justice that I may want to do instead of what I have had in mind. The first offense I picked was manslaughter. I find manslaughter interesting that there is something kind of equal to murder with lesser punishment. Manslaughter is unjustifiable reason, inexcusable or intentional killing of another human being without premeditation. Manslaughter is distinct crime and is not a lesser sentence like most people believe than murder. Manslaughter is not as serious as murder either. There are two types of manslaughter that breaks manslaughter down farther the first is voluntary manslaughter there needs to be intent to kill or cause serious harm to another person second, there is involuntary manslaughter. Involuntary manslaughter doesn’t have the intent to kill with it. Broken down even farther there is Criminal Negligent manslaughter and unlawful-act manslaughter. Criminal Negligent manslaughter is a homicide resulting in unreasonable and high degree crime. Some examples are if a person is drowning in a swimming pool and a lifeguard fails to jump in and save that person from dying. Another one could be if a person is in need of medical attention and you don’t help the person out and as a result the person dies could also fall under criminal negligent manslaughter. Unlawful-act manslaughter is committed in many states when the act is likely to cause death or serious physical harm to a person. When being charged with manslaughter a person faces prison time based on what state the crime was committed plays a role in how much time a person may face due to their actions. In most
Caitlin Markwardt
Criminal Investigation
Prof Alyson Frickel
10-06-2013
During the course of this class I learned a lot of new stuff that I was unaware of before taking this course. I found a lot of it very interesting and helpful for the field of study I wish to do once finished with school it also opened my eyes to other fields in criminal justice that I may want to do instead of what I have had in mind. The first offense I picked was manslaughter. I find manslaughter interesting that there is something kind of equal to murder with lesser punishment. Manslaughter is unjustifiable reason, inexcusable or intentional killing of another human being without premeditation. Manslaughter is distinct crime and is not a lesser sentence like most people believe than murder. Manslaughter is not as serious as murder either. There are two types of manslaughter that breaks manslaughter down farther the first is voluntary manslaughter there needs to be intent to kill or cause serious harm to another person second, there is involuntary manslaughter. Involuntary manslaughter doesn’t have the intent to kill with it. Broken down even farther there is Criminal Negligent manslaughter and unlawful-act manslaughter. Criminal Negligent manslaughter is a homicide resulting in unreasonable and high degree crime. Some examples are if a person is drowning in a swimming pool and a lifeguard fails to jump in and save that person from dying. Another one could be if a person is in need of medical attention and you don’t help the person out and as a result the person dies could also fall under criminal negligent manslaughter. Unlawful-act manslaughter is committed in many states when the act is likely to cause death or serious physical harm to a person. When being charged with manslaughter a person faces prison time based on what state the crime was committed plays a role in how much time a person may face due to their actions. In most