culpable homicide

noun

1. Scots law manslaughter

Example Sentences

The 16-year-old boy, who was 15 at the time, was originally charged with murder but admitted the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

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He was put on trial there for culpable homicide after the suspicious death of a 16-year-old boy in Zimbabwe but the case collapsed.

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Coltart then instructed another law firm to pursue a legal case against Smyth who was eventually charged with culpable homicide over Guide’s death, as well as charges relating to the beatings.

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In Scotland, it is possible that helping a person to die could lead to prosecution for an offence such as culpable homicide.

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But inevitably, unless ministers change what went out to consultation, hundreds of prisoners who've committed serious offences would be entitled to get out of jail early, including those convicted of culpable homicide, child abuse, drug trafficking and causing death by dangerous driving.

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