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12-15-2004, 01:18 PM

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ost_uid0="Elena"]KKS you are being to broad what if the person didn't mean to kill the person...or maybe they were under the influence or how about we make it personal and let's say your brother, if you have, one comes at you with a knife. So, what ur saying if you should kill him that you should be killed for protecting urself.[/quote]
The first instance you mentioned would fall under the category of manslaughter (which I always thought SOUNDED like it'd be more serious than murder), and manslaughter carries a less severe punishment than murder, typically.

For example, if you fall asleep at the wheel and crash and kill somebody, you wouldn't be charged with murder, it'd be manslaughter.

As far as your latter example, about self defense, that's the kind of thing that would be determined in court. That usually ends up with a jail sentence for a little while. There was a case in which an indy wrestler (can't remember his name, was interviewed in Beyond the Mat) was charged with a quadruple homicide, but it was ruled that he killed the four men in self defense, and therefore was acquitted.

It all depends on the circumstances surrounding the death to determine if it's murder, manslaughter, or something else.

12-15-2004, 01:18 PM	#29
Guest Posts: n/a Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: Post(s) Tagged: Thread(s) Quoted: Post(s)	[quoteost_uid0="Elena"]KKS you are being to broad what if the person didn't mean to kill the person...or maybe they were under the influence or how about we make it personal and let's say your brother, if you have, one comes at you with a knife. So, what ur saying if you should kill him that you should be killed for protecting urself.[/quote] The first instance you mentioned would fall under the category of manslaughter (which I always thought SOUNDED like it'd be more serious than murder), and manslaughter carries a less severe punishment than murder, typically. For example, if you fall asleep at the wheel and crash and kill somebody, you wouldn't be charged with murder, it'd be manslaughter. As far as your latter example, about self defense, that's the kind of thing that would be determined in court. That usually ends up with a jail sentence for a little while. There was a case in which an indy wrestler (can't remember his name, was interviewed in Beyond the Mat) was charged with a quadruple homicide, but it was ruled that he killed the four men in self defense, and therefore was acquitted. It all depends on the circumstances surrounding the death to determine if it's murder, manslaughter, or something else.