Newborn Mauled to Death by Dogs at India Hospital
Indian police have sealed a private hospital and charged staff for manslaughter after a newborn baby was mauled to death by dogs inside an operating theatre, an investigator said Tuesday.
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High Court Spurns Appeals on Texting Suicide, Topless Beachgoers
A woman who sent her boyfriend text messages urging him to kill himself failed Monday to secure a review of her conviction by the U.S. Supreme Court. Three women who went topless at the beach were also turned down.
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‘Affluenza’ Killer Back in Jail on Probation Violation
“Affluenza” killer Ethan Couch is back in a Texas jail Thursday on claims of a failed drug test, two years after he was released for fleeing to Mexico with his mother from an earlier parole violation.
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UK Charges US Diplomat’s Wife Over Teen’s Death in Crash
An American diplomat’s wife who left Britain after being involved in a fatal road accident that killed a British teenager has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, British prosecutors said Friday.
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A former anesthesiologist was properly convicted of manslaughter for prescribing opioids to two patients who overdosed on the drugs, a New York appeals court ruled. Other patients and their families testified that his pain management clinic was essentially a “pill mill” where he excessively prescribed addictive drugs and ignored patients’ abuse of the meds.
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Immigrant Death-Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charges
A truck driver charged with manslaughter for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese immigrants whose bodies were found in the back of a truck outside London pleaded guilty Monday to lesser charges, as police made a new arrest in the case.
Read moreReligious Beliefs
A father was properly convicted of manslaughter for the death of his 12-year-old daughter, an Oregon appeals court ruled. The man and his wife did not seek medical care for their child, who died of ketoacidosis. The lower court properly introduced evidence the man avoided traditional medical care due to his religious beliefs and “looked to God to heal the body.”
Read moreShooter in Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ Case Gets 20 Years
The Florida man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot, reigniting the debate over the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law, will serve a 20-year prison sentence, a judge ruled Thursday.
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White Officer Cleared of Killing Unarmed Black Man in Georgia
A former Georgia police officer who shot to death a fleeing, unarmed black man was acquitted Saturday of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.
Read moreNew Trial Set, But No Bail Reduction for Ghost Ship Defendant
A new jury will decide whether Derick Almena is criminally liable for the deaths of 36 people in a fire at the Ghost Ship artist collective, after the judge in the case set a new trial date Friday.
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Police Detail Charges in Post-Hurricane Nursing Home Deaths
Four South Florida nursing home workers are facing aggravated manslaughter charges for the deaths of a dozen residents who perished under their care amid sweltering heat during a power outage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Read more‘Stand Your Ground’ Gun Trial Kicks Off in Florida
Jurors heard opening arguments Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of a Florida man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot and reignited the debate over the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law.
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Former Veterans Affair Doctor Charged in 3 Deaths
A pathologist fired from an Arkansas veterans hospital after officials said he had been impaired while on duty was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients who authorities say he misdiagnosed and whose records he altered to conceal his mistakes.
Read moreThree Jurors Tossed During Ghost Ship Trial Deliberations
A California judge on Monday dismissed three female jurors at the start of the third full week of deliberations over the fate of two men on trial over the deaths of 36 people in a fire at the Ghost Ship artist collective.
Read moreLawyer: No One Thought Ghost Ship Was Dangerous
With the charred remnants of the Ghost Ship warehouse smoldering around them, the attention of police, firefighters and investigators all fixed on one man at the Red Cross station. He was newly homeless and frantic with worry, having lost several friends in the fire.
Read moreProsecutor Gives Closing Arguments in Ghost Ship Fire Trial
Black smoke, darkness, no exit. So describes the final moments of 36 men and women who died by smoke inhalation from a fire that swept through an Oakland warehouse in December 2016.
Read moreCourt Revives Manslaughter Charge in Baby’s Drug-Related Death
A divided Eighth Circuit panel reinstated an involuntary manslaughter charge Friday against a South Dakota woman whose son died hours after birth and was found to have illegal drugs in his system.
Read moreProsecutor Drops Manslaughter Charge Against Woman Who Lost Fetus
An Alabama district attorney said Wednesday she will not prosecute a woman who was indicted on a manslaughter charge after she lost her fetus when she was shot in the stomach during an altercation last year.
Read moreGhost Ship Fire Defendant Denies Central Role in Warehouse
Dressed in a charcoal blazer, orange button-down and brown-striped tie accented by a green-checkered pocket square, Ghost Ship warehouse fire defendant Max Harris calmly waited for his attorney’s next question at the involuntary manslaughter trial in Oakland state court Monday.
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