Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder.

Manslaughter in Minnesota is a serious offense and requires the experience of an experienced Minnesota Manslaughter Defense Lawyer. If you’ve been accused and are facing jailtime please contact the law offices of William K. Bulmer II at anytime including weekends and evenings.

The law generally differentiates between levels of criminal culpability based on the mens rea, or state of mind. This is particularly true within the law of homicide, where murder requires either the intent to kill—a state of mind called malice—or malice aforethought, which may involve an unintentional killing but with a willful disregard for life.

Manslaughter is usually broken down into two distinct categories: voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter.

There are several different types of manslaughter including:

Voluntary Manslaughter

Involuntary Manslaughter

Vehicular or Intoxication Manslaughter

Misdemeanor Manslaughter

Assisted Suicide

Other types of homicide include: justifiable homicide, capital punishment, avunculicide, democide, familicide, femicide, filicide, fratricide, gendercide, genocide, infanticide, matricide, neonaticide, parricide, patricide, regicide, soroicide, suicide, tyrannicide, and uxoricide.

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