Definition of "manslaughter" []

• The unlawful killing of one human by another without express or implied intent to do injury. (noun)

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• "Regardless how severe the punishment is for manslaughter (some states have penalties as long as 40 years in such cases), the term manslaughter does not grant justice."
• "Stupid id as stupid does and manslaughter is manslaughter."
• "He called that “the Reefer Madness argument,” referring to a 1936 propaganda film that claimed high schoolers lured into marijuana use engaged in manslaughter, suicide and rape, and descended into madness."