Assertion: voluntary manslaughter | /r/HasProperty | killing
Facets:
value: without lawful justification
type: MANNER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in other words
type: MANNER
value: in the heat of the moment
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Many states divide manslaughter into voluntary manslaughter (a killing during a sudden "heat of passion") and involuntary manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide (accidental killings).
text: Whereas voluntary manslaughters are deaths caused after provocation or in the heat of passion, involuntary manslaughter involves deaths caused by recklessness or negligence or while committing an unlawful act.
text: Voluntary manslaughter is often referred to as a killing of passion or a killing in the heat of the moment.
text: California voluntary manslaughter, Penal Code 192a, is a killing that takes place “upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion.
text: In other words, as the name implies, a voluntary manslaughter is a killing that is intentional or voluntary—but is punished less harshly than murder because it is the result of the defendant's strong emotions.
text: Voluntary manslaughter is a killing without lawful justification, but committed under a "sudden and intense passion" caused by provocation from either the person killed, or another whom the defendant was trying to kill, but then he or she accidentally or negligently kills the other.
text: Voluntary manslaughter is a killing that is intentional but not premeditated, such as a killing committed during mutual combat or a killing committed after being provoked by the victim.