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elleng

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4. 'the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought,
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 07:38 PM
Jan 2021

or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder.'

Manslaughter is an unlawful killing that doesn't involve malice aforethought—intent to seriously harm or kill, or extreme, reckless disregard for life. The absence of malice aforethought means that manslaughter involves less moral blame than either first or second degree murder.

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