While few were surprised to learn that Alec Baldwin was being named in a wrongful death civil lawsuit following the tragic death of Halya Hutchins, they were astounded when it was recently announced that he was being charged with involuntary manslaughter. According to the Legal Dictionary, involuntary manslaughter is “the unintended killing of a person […]
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From a legal standpoint, manslaughter is, “the unlawful killing of a human being without any malice aforethought.” What that means is that something you did resulted in the death of someone else. What separates it from other types of murder charges is that you didn’t actively think you were going to do something that would […]