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: LA Criminal Defense BlogMurder vs. Manslaughter
By Steven Rodriguez (all)
One question Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys face on a regular basis is the difference in Los Angeles between murder and manslaughter. To the average person, killing someone may seem like, well, killing someone. Initially, there is very little room for a reinterpretation of that act. Human behavior, however, knows no bounds and our legal system was construction to codify each and every little thing that we can think of to do wrong. Legally speaking, murder can happen in many ways, and almost each way has a different sort of punishment. What is generally seen by law enforcement officials is the great difference between murder and manslaughter is the state of mind of the person being charged. Murder is typically defined as a malicious intent to take someone’s life...continue to full post
Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on March 14, 2009 (boomark / email).
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