Sentence examples for charge of voluntary from inspiring English sources

He got away with a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter and served five years.

Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters said jurors had been leaning towards convicting Tensing on a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, but could not agree.

White's conviction on the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter sparked an uproar in the city that was subsequently termed the "White Night Riot".

More than half the jurors initially wanted to convict Mr. Junta of the more serious charge of voluntary manslaughter, according to one jury member, Richard Rotberg of Framingham, Mass., but were talked out of it.

The judge had allowed the jury to consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, meaning an unlawful killing that occurred without "malice" but rather in the heat of passion after provocation.

On Wednesday, Newman allowed the jury to consider the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, meaning an unlawful killing that occurred without "malice" but rather in the heat of passion after provocation.

Since Dec. 3, those events have unfolded anew in the hearings here, where all three defendants have denied the charges of voluntary manslaughter.

But even after one officer, Michael Brelo, was acquitted on two charges of voluntary manslaughter, the shooting of Russell and Williams did not inflame feelings the way Tamir Rice's death did.

Now, after a 10-week trial and 28 days of deliberation, a jury in Washington has found three of the men – Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard – guilty of a total of 13 charges of voluntary manslaughter and a total of 17 charges of attempted manslaughter.

The courts have been used to effect change in two jurisdictions through imposing reduced sentences and recognizing defences to charges of voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide.

Tim Holmes, who is in charge of the voluntary sandbagging effort, said the floodwater had encroached another 3m into the centre of the village over the last two days.