Steinke faces a felony charge for criminal attempt to commit manslaughter…
How can you have “attempted” manslaughter? I thought one of the defining characteristics of manslaughter is that it isn’t a deliberate attempt to kill.
It’s probably specific to the jurisdiction. For instance, some states consider assault and battery to be two different things, whereas other states call them assault and aggravated assault instead. So in those states you’d be charged with aggravated assault instead of being charged with battery. But they both mean the same thing in the end.
How can you have “attempted” manslaughter? I thought one of the defining characteristics of manslaughter is that it isn’t a deliberate attempt to kill.
It’s probably specific to the jurisdiction. For instance, some states consider assault and battery to be two different things, whereas other states call them assault and aggravated assault instead. So in those states you’d be charged with aggravated assault instead of being charged with battery. But they both mean the same thing in the end.
Specifically, in some states 3rd degree murder is manslaughter and vice versa.
A clumsy name for a law against almost killing someone by negligence.