involuntary manslaughter

noun

: manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not constituting a felony, or from the commission of a lawful act in a negligent or improper manner

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Baldwin was put on trial for involuntary manslaughter, but the judge dismissed the charges after learning the prosecution withheld evidence. —

Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024 Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed remains in prison, after being convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for loading a live bullet in Baldwin’s gun. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024 After several starts and stops, Baldwin went on trial for involuntary manslaughter in July before the case was shockingly dismissed when the judge learned the prosecution had withheld evidence. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 25 Nov. 2024 The same judge later dismissed the case against Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter after ruling that the prosecutors had withheld potential evidence. —

Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for involuntary manslaughter

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of involuntary manslaughter was in 1792

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