involuntary manslaughter
noun
: manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not constituting a felony, or from the commission of a lawful act in a negligent or improper manner
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Adame was previously convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2024 for giving an ultimately fatal silicone butt injection to 26-year-old Karissa Rajpaul in 2019, according to the LA Times.
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse, police said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, served 14 months for involuntary manslaughter for loading a live bullet into the gun.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Baldwin originally filed the lawsuit in New Mexico state court in January, months after his criminal case for involuntary manslaughter was tossed (prosecutors ultimately declined to appeal).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse, police said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, served 14 months for involuntary manslaughter for loading a live bullet into the gun.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Baldwin originally filed the lawsuit in New Mexico state court in January, months after his criminal case for involuntary manslaughter was tossed (prosecutors ultimately declined to appeal).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Involuntary manslaughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/involuntary%20manslaughter. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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