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what would happen, if a drunk guy was being rowdy and offensive, and starting fights with people... then when a sober person tries to calm him down, he takes a swing, so the sober person swings back, and knocks the drunk out, he hits his head and dies...is it self defense or man slaughter ?
Quote from: Chief on July 22, 2006, 10:59:44 AMwhat would happen, if a drunk guy was being rowdy and offensive, and starting fights with people... then when a sober person tries to calm him down, he takes a swing, so the sober person swings back, and knocks the drunk out, he hits his head and dies...is it self defense or man slaughter ?this is involuntary manslaughter...it's involuntary..because the person who hit the sober man didn't mean to kill him....and manslaughter because you kill him by him hitting his head. very different with murder.
Quote from: pc8381 on July 23, 2006, 01:00:50 PMQuote from: Chief on July 22, 2006, 10:59:44 AMwhat would happen, if a drunk guy was being rowdy and offensive, and starting fights with people... then when a sober person tries to calm him down, he takes a swing, so the sober person swings back, and knocks the drunk out, he hits his head and dies...is it self defense or man slaughter ?this is involuntary manslaughter...it's involuntary..because the person who hit the sober man didn't mean to kill him....and manslaughter because you kill him by him hitting his head. very different with murder.so would someone get any time for involuntary manslaughter ?