State law defines manslaughter as recklessly causing death and aggravated manslaughter as recklessly causing death "under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life". Murder is defined as "purposely and knowingly" causing death.
At various times in his news conference, Mr. Lember held out the possibility of the more serious charge of aggravated recklessness, meaning that the shooting took place under circumstances "manifesting extreme indifference to human life".
But New Jersey prosecutors couldn't charge Ravi with manslaughter since the state law requires evidence--proof--that the Ravi caused Clementi's death under circumstances "manifesting extreme indifference to human life".
He moved from these chamber pieces to full-blown and very noisy symphonies: massive, lumbering, sullen campus buildings that manifest a spectacular indifference to what anyone thinks of them.
He moved from these chamber pieces to full-blown and very noisy symphonies: massive, lumbering, sullen campus buildings that manifest a spectacular indifference to what anyone thinks of them.
USA: "The major problem faced by educators and organisations in charge of setting up safety program, is the lack of interest bordering on complete indifference manifested by fishermen.
There was no evidence in the record, apart from the speculative inferences suggested by the Court of Appeals, from which jurors reasonably could conclude that the city's training in the apprehension of fleeing vehicles manifested recklessness or deliberate indifference.
This is true whether the indifference is manifested by prison doctors in their response to the prisoner's needs or by prison guards intentionally denying or delaying access to medical care or intentionally interfering with the treatment once prescribed.
Numbness can be physical, psychological, or both; for soldiers, it can be a trauma response ("shell shock") or coping mechanism; for civilians in wartime, it can manifest as denial or indifference toward human suffering.
FOR years, wine writers and other enthusiasts have lamented the public's indifference to the manifest charms and complexities of sherry.
Take this psychoanalytic quarterly from 1933 that states in a chapter titled Amphimixis of Erotisms in the Ejaculatory Act: "Patients who suffer from premature ejaculation manifest the same attitude of indifference towards their semen as they would towards their urine, that is to say, as a valueless excretion of the organism".
