Negligent homicide

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Negligent homicide is a criminal charge brought against people who, through criminal negligence, allow others to die.

Negligent Homicide is a lesser included offense to first and second degree murder, in the sense that someone guilty of this offense can expect a more lenient sentence, often with imprisonment time comparable to manslaughter. U.S. states all define negligent homicide by statute. In some, the offense includes the killing of another while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Examples of such cases include the crash of Aeroperu Flight 603 near Lima, Peru. The accident was caused by a piece of duct tape that was accidentally left over the static ports (on the bottom side of the fuselage) after cleaning the aircraft, which led to the crash. Employee Eleuterio Chacaliaza left the tape on by accident^[1] and was charged with negligent homicide.

See also

• Criminally negligent manslaughter, which has various titles in different countries

References

1. ^ "World News Briefs; $29 Million for Victims Of 1996 Peru Air Crash," The New York Times. Thursday January 22, 1998. Retrieved September 14, 2011.

External links

• Tennessee definition of criminally negligent homicide

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• negligent homicide — see homicide Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• negligent homicide — The criminal offense committed by one whose negligence is the direct and proximate cause of another s death. Criminal homicide constitutes negligent homicide when it is committed negligently. Model Penal Code No. 210.4(1). Killing of a human… …   Black's law dictionary

• negligent homicide — The criminal offense committed by one whose negligence is the direct and proximate cause of another s death. Criminal homicide constitutes negligent homicide when it is committed negligently. Model Penal Code No. 210.4(1). Killing of a human… …   Black's law dictionary

• negligent homicide — Causing the death of a person, without apparent intent to kill, but in doing an unlawful act or performing a lawful act in a careless or negligent manner, the danger of causing death being apparent. Barfield v State, 118 Tex Crim 394, 43 SW2d 106 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• homicide — ho·mi·cide / hä mə ˌsīd, hō / n [Latin homicidium, from homo human being + caedere to cut, kill] 1: a person who kills another 2: the killing of one human being by another compare manslaughter, murder …   Law dictionary

• homicide — The killing of one human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another. A person is guilty of criminal homicide if he purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently causes the death of another human being. Criminal homicide is murder,… …   Black's law dictionary

• homicide — The killing of one human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another. A person is guilty of criminal homicide if he purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently causes the death of another human being. Criminal homicide is murder,… …   Black's law dictionary

• negligent manslaughter — A statutory crime in some jurisdictions consisting of an unlawful and unjustified killing of a person by negligence but without malice. See also negligent homicide vehicular homicide …   Black's law dictionary

• negligent manslaughter — A statutory crime in some jurisdictions consisting of an unlawful and unjustified killing of a person by negligence but without malice. See also negligent homicide vehicular homicide …   Black's law dictionary

• homicide, negligent — n. The killing of a person through the killer’s negligence. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary