How to Use culpable negligence in a Sentence

culpable negligence

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  • She was charged with one count of manslaughter by culpable negligence.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2022
  • She was also charged with culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 30 July 2023
  • Court records show Sanchez Aguire is charged with battery and culpable negligence.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • She's also charged with culpable negligence, battery, and two counts of assault.
    CBS News, 7 June 2023
  • Peterson had been charged with seven counts of neglect of a child and three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 June 2023
  • He was also charged with three counts of misdemeanor culpable negligence in relation to the adults shot in the building.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 29 June 2023
  • Lorincz is now charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Owens.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • The big questions for the jury will be whether Potter’s actions rose to recklessness or culpable negligence, as the law requires.
    Steve Karnowski, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The big questions for the jury will be whether Potter's actions rose to recklessness or culpable negligence, as the law requires.
    Steve Karnowski, ajc, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Peterson was charged in 2019 with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Forhan, who was the initial victim of the robbery, has been charged with firing a missile into a building and culpable negligence for inflicting harm.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Peterson was ultimately acquitted last year seven counts of felony child neglect and three counts of culpable negligence.
    Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Scot Peterson was found not guilty of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury in a rare trial over police inaction in a school shooting.
    Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • Charges against two of the officers were later dismissed; a third officer was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence and sentenced to five years in prison.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • He was charged with culpable negligence causing injury, according to Village-News.
    Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • She was charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault on June 7, 2023.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Lorincz was arrested days later, on June 6, and charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Peterson, who was armed with a handgun, also faces three counts of misdemeanor culpable negligence for the teacher and adult student killed and the teacher injured during the same timeframe.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • The father was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and permitting gun access to a juvenile, and eventually culpable negligence.
    Scott Butler, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Lorincz was taken into custody on Tuesday and arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 7 June 2023
  • Simmons noted that, under Florida law, negligent homicide is defined as the killing of a human through an act of culpable negligence, not murder or homicide.
    Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Susan Louise Lorincz appeared in court days after she was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • The most serious charge against Potter requires prosecutors to prove recklessness, while the lesser requires them to prove culpable negligence.
    Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2021
  • She was arrested on June 7, 2023 and charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery, and two counts of assault.
    Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In June, a second jury acquitted Peterson of child-neglect and culpable negligence charges for failing to confront the shooter.
    Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Now, Ayala has been charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence and possession of a firearm by a felon, authorities announced Monday.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
  • Second-degree manslaughter is culpable negligence where a person creates an unreasonable risk and consciously takes the chance of causing death or great bodily harm to someone else.
    Crystal D. Carter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2021
  • She has been charged with the first-degree felony of manslaughter with a firearm, as well as culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault Sheriff Billy Woods said in a statement.
    CBS News, 9 June 2023
  • The most serious charge against Potter requires prosecutors to prove recklessness; the lesser only requires them to prove culpable negligence.
    NBC News, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Hampton was arrested following the collision and faces 29 counts of child neglect as well as charges of culpable negligence and reckless driving, according to local sheriff records.
    Michelle Spitzer, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026

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