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The article focuses on the complex nature of decisions that confront New York and national prosecutors whether to indict grieving parents whose children died in a hot car. Topics covered include several factors that influence court decisions, various charges faced by some parents who forget their children in cars, and the Bronx case involving social worker Juan Rodriguez.

The article reports that Alabama prosecutors will withdraw a manslaughter charge against Marshae Jones over the death of the fetus she was carrying when she was shot in the belly by her co-worker. Topics discussed include a grand jury's dismissal of charges against the co-worker on the ground of self-defense but indicted Jones for starting a fight despite knowing that she is pregnant, the rights of a fetus under Alabama law and criticisms against District Attorney Lynneice Washington.

The article reports that federal prosecutors charged five officials in Flint, Michigan, including the head of the state's health department, on June 14, 2017 with involuntary manslaughter for failing to issue a public warning about an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease and a water contamination problem in late 2015. Topics covered include how the Flint water crisis was a failure of leadership.

The article discusses the New York City police misconduct case against former Brooklyn police officer Peter Liang, including his conviction of manslaughter in February 2015 for shooting African American man Akai Gurley and the possibility that a retired carpenter juror hid his father's criminal past in order to sit on the jury.

The author argues that Brooklyn, New York District Attorney Ken Thompson emerged as a victor after he secured a manslaughter conviction against former New York, New York police officer Peter Liang and then issued a letter recommending probation and no prison time for Liang who fatally shot unarmed victim Akai Gurley in a housing project stairwell. The political and social aspects of Thompson's recommendations are assessed, along with justice for victims and Liang's sentencing on April 14, 2016.

The article reports that Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz who shot and killed Mexican teenager José Antonio Elena Rodríguez from across the border in Arizona was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter on November 21, 2018.

The article reports that Officer Andrew Delke of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has been charged with criminal homicide for shooting an African American Daniel Hambrick, who was running away from him.

The article reports that Kenny Bazile, one of the accused in the fatal shooting of lawyer Carey W. Gabay on September 7, 2015 during the annual predawn street festival of J'ouvert in Brooklyn, New York City, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter.

The article informs that British Police Chief David Duckenfield will face manslaughter trial for death of 95 soccer fans in a match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England in 1989.

The article reports on the indictment of Dr. Lawrence Choy on 231 counts, which include manslaughter in the second degree in the deaths of Michael Ries and Eliot Castillo, in New York in 2018.

The article reports that New York City Supreme Court Justice Ellen N. Biben has convicted Lamar Davenport of manslaughter, but not of murder, in a bench trial for fatally stabbing his girlfriend E'Dena Hines while under the influence of phencyclidine (PCP).

The article reports that Dorothy Bruns of Staten Island, New York City has been arraigned for involuntary manslaughter for strucking and killing children with her car in Brooklyn, noting that she has been told by her doctors not to drive a car due to her seizures.

The article reports on the trial of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug trafficking kingpin known as El Chapo, wherein federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York claimed that Guzmán was involved in a shootout and said that they planned to tell the tale of the decades-old slaughter at his trial.

The article focuses on an investigation into the beating death of teenager Lucas Leonard by members of the Bible study group Word of Life, founded by pastor Jerry Irwin. Topics include Irwin's daughter Tiffani Irwin and her role in the death, the secretive culture of the church sect, and the charges of manslaughter brought against Leonard's parents.

The article reports that former child welfare agency worker Jennifer Berry was charge of second degree of murder and manslaughter, for allegedly throwing her newborn daughter out of their seventh-floor apartment window in Bronx, New York City. Information about the city's investigation to the murder accident including Berry's career in a child welfare agency, her state of mental condition and possible alibis are mentioned.

The article reports that the trial has begun for New York City Police Sergeant Hugh Barry on manslaughter and murder charges as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's police commissioner condemned the crime.

The article reports that a hunter Thomas B. Jadlowski was charged with second degree manslaughter by a western New York court for accidentally shooting and causing the death of his neighbor Rosemary Billquist whom he mistook for a deer.

The article reports that 18-year-old student Abel Cedeno, who was accused of killing his classmate Matthew McCree inside of a Bronx high school last month was indicted on first-degree manslaughter charge.

The article focuses on the trial of Danish inventor Peter Madsen who is charged for manslaughter of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, and talks of evidence of mutilation of body through forensic report and video evidence produced at the Copenhagen District Court, Sweden, and Danish law for murder.

The article reports that surgeon Allison Spence has charged of manslaughter and unauthorized practice of a profession due to death of a woman who received silicone injections in her buttocks.

The article reports that Michelle Carter has been sentenced to 15 months in a Taunton jail in Massachusetts following charges of involuntary manslaughter against his friend who committed suicide.

The article offers information on Israeli military court rejected an appeal by Israeli soldier Elor Azaria for upholding a manslaughter conviction in the shooting death of Palestinian assailant Abed al-Fatah al-Sharif.

The article reports on protests held across Australia over what protestors claim is a lenient sentence in the death of 14 year old Aboriginal boy Elijah Doughty, with the defendant being given three years for dangerous driving occasioning death but being acquitted of manslaughter charges.

The article reports that high school student Michelle Carter was pleaded guilty of involuntary manslaughter after encouraging her friend Conrad Roy III, tugboat captain, to commit suicide.

The article focuses on the trail against police officer Jeronimo Yanez, for manslaughter of African American Philando Castile, who matched a robbery suspect in Minnesota, and talks of verdict to be made post jury deliberations, prosecution clarifications, and witness reports.

The article focuses on most read articles on the periodical's website on topics including selecting Christopher Wray as director at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, trial of a woman who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself, and oldest remains of Homo sapiens found in Morocco.

The article reports on charges against Michelle Carter for involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy, lack of laws against encouraging someone to commit suicide and comments from lawyer Joseph P. Cataldo, on same.

The article reports that Alexander M. West has been sentenced to imprisonment for second-degree manslaughter and other charges in relation to the death of Charlotte McCue, the girl who was killed instantly when a boat piloted by West hit her during a celebration at Lake George in New York.

The article reports that master tenant Derick Almena and his assistant Max Harris have been charged with manslaughter in relation to a fire in a warehouse in Oakland, California that led to the death of 36 people.

The article presents information on the release of police officer Betty Jo Shelby by Tulsa County District Court in a manslaughter case related to the killing a black driver and includes the views of district attorney of Tulsa, Oklahoma Steve Kunzweiler.

The article focuses on the criminal case charged against the organization Amtrak train engineer Brandon Bostian for involuntary manslaughter, due to derailment of train post overspeeding. Topics discussed are judgement taken by Judge Marsha N. Neifield, and impact of radio transmission distraction.

The article focuses on the manslaughter trial of police officer Betty Jo Shelby, who fatally shot a black driver, Terence Crutcher, in Tulsa, Oklahama, and talks of role of pastors and community leaders to ease tensions, social condition of African Americans.

The article reports on the conviction of Alexander West at the Warren County courthouse in New York for manslaughter in a boat crash in July 2017 that killed 8-year-old Charlotte McCue.

The article reports on the trial faced by the 25-year-old man Alexander West for manslaughter and other charges which stem from the death of an 8-year-old child Charlotte McCue.

The article reports that Domonic Whilby, Georgia man who stole a truck after a night of drinking and rammed into a crosstown city bus, allegedly killing the driver, has been was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter, as of April.

The article reports on the criticisms to the sentence impose to Israeli sergeant Elor Azaria, who prisoned for the manslaughter of a Palestinian attacker while in combat, that was opposed by former brigadier general Miri Regev and the dissatisfaction of Palenstinian's father to the punishment.

The article discusses the fifth day of deliberations on the case of Gigi Jordan, who admitted that she poisoned her autistic son, at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York City on November 5, 2014. Jordan claims that she did it out of fear that she will be murdered by her first husband and her son will end up in his father's custody. The jury accepts Jordan's claim and finds her guilty of manslaughter. The decision of the jury rejects the call of the prosecution for a murder conviction.

The article reports on the decision of a grand jury in Ontario County, New York not to indict with criminal charges against American race car driver Tony Stewart over the death of driver Kevin Ward Jr. who was hit by Stewart's car during a confrontation at a dirt-track race on August 9, 2014. It notes the absence of an evidence to support a charge of second degree manslaughter or criminal negligent homicide. The decision was reiterated by county district attorney R. Michael Tantillo.

The article examines Sargeant Elor Azaria, an Israeli soldier that killed a wounded Palestinian in the city of Hebron, Palestine, in March 2016. Topics discussed include the social and political impact of the death in Israel and Palestine, a trial relating to the death and incident where Azaria was found guilty of manslaughter, and insights on the topic from Professor David Enoch, an expert in the philosophy of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The article reports that Robert Rho, a doctor from Queens, New York City, has been charged with manslaughter by judge Gregory L. Lasak of state Supreme Court after his patient Jamie Lee Morales died from abortion complications.

The article reports that Stephen Rankin, a former police officer in Virginia, has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter after shooting William Chapman who was accused of shoplifting.

The article reports that the case involving the shooting of Robert Gaston in 2007 has been closed after 33-year-old Carlos Vega, who served nine years in the jail without verdict, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the courtroom in Bronx, New York.

The article reports that construction company Harco Construction has found guilty of second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the death of construction worker Carlos Moncayo.

The article reports that Khari Noerdlinger, son of Rachel Noerdlinger who was a former aid to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife, has pleaded not guilty on charges of aggravated manslaughter of Savion Lewallen.

The article reports on Robert C. Bates, former volunteer deputy at Tulsa County sheriff's office in Oklahoma, was convicted on a second-degree manslaughter on April 27, 2016.

The article reports on the guilty plea of James Dixon, the person who beat a transgender woman after a chance encounter in Harlem, New York, to manslaughter in exchange for a sentence of 12 years in prison, according to prosecutors.

The article reports on the promulgation set by New York state Supreme Court Justice Matthew J. D'Emic based on the investigation conducted by the Conviction Review Unit wherein 58-year-old Ken Thompson has been exonerated from her manslaughter conviction.

The article focuses on the response of Asians against the decision in the New York City court case wherein a bullet from the gun of police officer Peter Liang killed an unarmed black man Akai Gurley in a public-housing project and was found guilty of manslaughter.

The article reports that couple Bruce and Deborah Leonard have been charged with first-degree manslaughter after they beat their 19-years-old son at the Word of Life Church in Utica, New York which results to his death.

The article reports that prosecutors in Los Angeles, California will receive evidence against American motivational speaker and former track and field athlete Caitlyn Jenner for her role in fatal car crash in Malibu, California in February 2015 which may lead to a manslaughter lawsuit.