NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected
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A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
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That requires intent. I'm pretty certain intent can't be implied in this case. She pushed her and she fell, but was old and frail and died. She did not kill her on purpose. It's involuntary.
That's exactly the manslaughter part. She voluntarily shoved her, which is a crime, with the unintended consequence of homicide.
If she intended to kill her, that would rise to murder.
We're talking about a different nations laws and it's defined differently. I'm done if you aren't going to read the details of the thing you literally posted. Read the things it links to.
Yes, the thing you and I both read: "A person who causes the death of another person through negligence"
Shoving someone on purpose is not negligence. It's a voluntary, intentional act. Hence, voluntary manslaughter, in Sweden called Dråp.
Voluntary manslaughter state of mind requirment:
If you accidentally kill someone without intent, it isn't voluntary manslaughter. If someone pisses you off and you intend to kill them and you do, then it is. Pushing someone and then ending up dead is not that most likely. The intent was not death most likely. It was injury.
That's murder. Listen man, you obviously never studied criminal law, just read the wiki on manslaughter. The whole point of voluntary manslaughter is you intentionally assault someone but didn't mean for them to die. If you did something negligent, (make a turn in a car without looking) and kill someone, that's involuntary manslaughter, aka negligent homicide.