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What is the difference between murder and manslaughter?

Asked by onyx3000 13 days ago, 5 answers.

What is the difference between murder and manslaughter??

Answered by sh1te_happens on Nov 07, 2009, 10:59AM
16 answers

manslaughter is when you kill someone by accident I think or without malice - so without spite

Answered by stephanie_reuter on Nov 07, 2009, 11:37AM
10 answers

murder is when you kill someone and you took time to plan it out. manslaughter is when you kill someone at the moment, like if someone tried to stab you, you take a knife and stab him. hope this helps happy

Answered by surferjoe2007 on Nov 07, 2009, 10:15PM
321 answers

Murder is usually premeditated, I.e. planned. Manslaughter isn't, so the punishment is lighter. The kind of manslaughter that still gets you in jail could be lashing out at someone in anger, or meaning to only hurt someone but ending up killing them.

Answered by bellydancer67 on Nov 09, 2009, 10:06AM
10 answers

Manslaughter is when someone is acting negligently or stupidly or disregarding safety laws and thereby results in the death of someone. For example, the guy whose speeding caused the accident that killed my 17 yr old daughter a few years ago. If he would have purposely took aim at her car, then that would have been murder.