Editing Homicide (section)

=== Manslaughter ===
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Manslaughter is a form of homicide in which the person who commits the homicide either does not intend to kill the victim, or kills the victim as the result of circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed to the point of potentially losing control of their actions.<ref name="mlawmanslaughter">{{cite book |title = Criminal Law: Manslaughter |chapter-url = http://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/9-6-manslaughter/  |publisher = University of Minnesota |access-date = 11 September 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170910040535/http://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/9-6-manslaughter/ |archive-date = 10 September 2017 |df = dmy-all |chapter = 9.6 Manslaughter |date = 17 December 2015 }}</ref> The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker [[Draco (lawgiver)|Draco]] in the 7th century BC. The penalty for manslaughter is normally less than the penalty for murder. The two broad categories of manslaughter are:<ref name="mlawmanslaughter" />
* [[Voluntary manslaughter]]: the intentional, unpremeditated killing of another person as the result of a disturbed state of mind, or ''heat of passion''.
* Involuntary manslaughter: the unintentional killing of another person through an act of recklessness that shows indifference to the lives and safety of others, or an act of negligence that could reasonably be foreseen to result in death. The act that results in death may be intentional, such as pushing somebody in anger, but their death (such as by their subsequently falling, striking their head, and suffering a lethal head injury) is not.

Another form of manslaughter in some jurisdictions is ''constructive manslaughter'', which may be charged if a person causes a death without intention but as the result of violating an important safety law or regulation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Slapper |first1 = Gary |title = Corporate Manslaughter: an Examination of the Determinants of Prosecutorial Polic |journal = Social & Legal Studies |date = 1 December 1993 |volume = 2 |issue = 4 |pages = 423–443 |doi = 10.1177/096466399300200404 |s2cid = 1337567 |url = http://oro.open.ac.uk/20975/2/1535A240.pdf |access-date = 13 June 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200212051500/http://oro.open.ac.uk/20975/2/1535A240.pdf |archive-date = 12 February 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>e.d. fatal accidents with alpinists [https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1999/09/09/condamnation-de-deux-alpinistes-pour-homicide-involontaire_3575132_1819218.html ''Condamnation de deux alpinistes pour « homicide involontaire »''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205133104/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1999/09/09/condamnation-de-deux-alpinistes-pour-homicide-involontaire_3575132_1819218.html |date=5 February 2019 }} [https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2015/12/11/l-avocat-du-syndicat-des-guides-derape-sur-l-arete-du-gouter ''L’avocat du syndicat des guides dérape sur l’arête du Goûter''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226233049/https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2015/12/11/l-avocat-du-syndicat-des-guides-derape-sur-l-arete-du-gouter |date=26 December 2018 }}</ref>