Sentence examples for depraved heart from inspiring English sources

Goodson, who faced second-degree murder and several lesser charges, was driving the van in which Gray sustained a fatal spine injury and faced the most serious charges of any officer, including second-degree depraved heart murder.

Earlier on Thursday morning, Judge Williams denied the defense motion to dismiss all charges for insufficient evidence, but he did call the second degree depraved heart murder charge a "closer case" viewed in the light most favorable to the state.

When her baby tested positive for cocaine, she was charged with a "depraved heart murder," the legal term for a killing with "a callous disregard for human life," which in Mississippi carries a life sentence without possibility of parole until the age of 65.

McKnight's case is similar to the ongoing case of Rennie Gibbs of Mississippi, who was indicted in 2007 for "depraved heart murder" when she delivered a stillborn daughter whose blood showed traces of a cocaine byproduct.

The term "depraved heart" refers not to the victim's heart, but the perpetrator's.

In Mississippi, a teenager who experienced a stillbirth after 20 weeks of pregnancy was charged with a crime called "depraved heart homicide".

The most serious charges range from second-degree "depraved-heart" murder, for Officer Caesar Goodson, to involuntary manslaughter, for Officer William Porter, Lieutenant Brian Rice, and Sergeant Alicia White, and second-degree assault, for Officers Edward Nero and Garret Miller.

Lt Brian Rice, Sgt Alicia White and Officer William Porter also face a manslaughter charge, while Officer Caesar Goodson faces the most serious charge of all: second-degree "depraved-heart" murder.

In addition, Goodson was charged with second-degree "depraved-heart" murder, manslaughter, two counts of vehicular manslaughter and second-degree assault.

Most seriously, Caesar Goodson, the officer who drove the van, is charged with second-degree "depraved-heart" murder, as well as manslaughter, two counts of vehicular manslaughter and second-degree assault.

The most significant charge is a second-degree depraved-heart murder against Officer Caesar Goodson, which carries a possible 30-year prison sentence.