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Manslaughter is a crime in which one individual kills another.  In general, manslaughter is a subset of the crime of [[murder]], in which the death was, in some way, accidental.  Within the [[United States]], states usually differentiate between voluntary manslaughter, in which harm was intended or dangerous actions were made without regard to consequences, but not killing; and involuntary manslaughter, in which no harm was intended, and no malicious act was done, but carelessness caused the death.
 
Manslaughter is a crime in which one individual kills another.  In general, manslaughter is a subset of the crime of [[murder]], in which the death was, in some way, accidental.  Within the [[United States]], states usually differentiate between voluntary manslaughter, in which harm was intended or dangerous actions were made without regard to consequences, but not killing; and involuntary manslaughter, in which no harm was intended, and no malicious act was done, but carelessness caused the death.
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Each [[state]] in the [[United States]] defines manslaughter differently.  In most states, if a the death occured during the commission of a felony, then the death is considered 1st or second degree murder, rather than manslaughter.
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Each [[state]] in the [[United States]] defines manslaughter differently.  In most states, if a the death occurred during the commission of a felony, then the death is considered first or second degree murder, rather than manslaughter.
    
==Examples==
 
==Examples==
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