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safeinOhio

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6. Negligent homicide is...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:33 AM

Apr 2019

..a much lower intent crime and is used as a charge when one person causes the death of another through criminal negligence. The charge does not involve premeditation, but focuses on what the defendant should have known and the risks associated with what he did know.
10 years in prison is the usual penalty. Under Color of Law, may add to that.

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