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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The stepdaughter of famed movie gun coach Thell Reed, the relatively inexperienced Gutierrez-Reed was charged with involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering out of Hutchins’ death from a gun in Baldwin’s hand going off.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 May 2025
Baldwin also faced an involuntary manslaughter charge in connection with Hutchins’ death, but a judge dismissed the case in the middle of trial last summer due to prosecutorial misconduct and evidence suppression.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
Baldwin was also charged in connection to Hutchins’ death, but that involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed by the judge due to the prosecution withholding evidence.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025
Rice pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, both counts of misconduct in office and reckless endangerment.
—Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 May 2025
Baldwin also faced an involuntary manslaughter charge in connection with Hutchins’ death, but a judge dismissed the case in the middle of trial last summer due to prosecutorial misconduct and evidence suppression.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
Baldwin was also charged in connection to Hutchins’ death, but that involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed by the judge due to the prosecution withholding evidence.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025
Rice pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, both counts of misconduct in office and reckless endangerment.
—Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Involuntary manslaughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/involuntary%20manslaughter. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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