How to Use manslaughter in a Sentence

manslaughter

noun
  • She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people.
  • As charged in the indictment: guilty — guilty of the offense of manslaughter.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • She was booked on manslaughter charges that same night.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The law also states that if the pregnant person dies, the provider would be charged with manslaughter.
    ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Which of the Alberts killed a foreign student in a hit-and-run manslaughter case?
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025
  • Kirstin Smith, 59, was found guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Scott Benoit, 52, who was her boyfriend, the statement said.
    Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Petty has also served time for manslaughter in the first degree for killing a man in 2002.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Penny, 26, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the top charge of manslaughter.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The vehicular manslaughter charges are for the deaths of the four adults and the baby, who was about two weeks shy of his first birthday.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • If convicted of manslaughter, Drauschke could face up to 20 years in prison.
    Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • He was sentenced to 12 1/2 years on the murder count but was not sentenced for manslaughter.
    Amy Forliti, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Both Raines and Gunn will serve 10 years each on their respective manslaughter charges and five years on their child abuse charges.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • On April 17, court records show that Bates, 40, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter charge as well as felonious assault and child abuse charges.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Russell, who was 23 at the time of the shooting and had been a deputy for 18 months, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
  • Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in April.
    Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Thao and Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting manslaughter and murder in Floyd's death.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
  • Susan Lorincz has been charged with manslaughter with a firearm and assault in the June 2 shooting death of Ajike Owens.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 June 2023
  • So the sister committed suicide and the mom was charged with manslaughter for making the kid do [adult films].
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Matthew Davis, 23, faces manslaughter and driving under the influence charges linked to the crash.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Read faces charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • He was also sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for state chargers of murder and manslaughter.
    Madeline Halpert, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • The 14-year-old was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to probation, according to the Songs.
    Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, 10 of the defendants had the charges reduced — often to manslaughter — and were sentenced to less than 10 years in state prison.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This man got sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and was released within three years.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Kueng, Lane and Thao all still await a trial on state charges for aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in Floyd's case.
    Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Late last month, the murder charge against Brandt was downgraded to manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
    Ken Bensinger, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • Late last month, the murder charge against Mr. Brandt was downgraded to manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
    Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 May 2023
  • The manslaughter charges were dropped as part of the plea deal, according to the office of the district attorney, Jack Stollsteimer.
    Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In a second trial that ended in June, Read was found not guilty of the most serious charges against her -- murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene after an accident.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Chief among them was the 2015 beating death of mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree, which led to initial murder convictions and later manslaughter pleas for three jail guards.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025

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