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- noun Plural form of
manslaughter .
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Of the 174 murders and non-negligent manslaughters, 80 occurred on campus -- 13 of which took place in residence halls; 82 occurred on public property immediately adjacent to campuses; and 12 occurred at non-campus facilities.
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Of the 174 murders and non-negligent manslaughters, 80 occurred on campus -- 13 of which took place in residence halls; 82 occurred on public property immediately adjacent to campuses; and 12 occurred at non-campus facilities.
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Murder cases are dropped down to voluntary manslaughters.
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Of the violent crimes, the estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters increased 1.8 percent, and that of robberies increased 7.2 percent (FBI Release its 2006 Crime Statistics, FBI, www. fbi.gov/pressre1/pressre107/cius092407. htm).
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There have been four manslaughters, one murder, 56 woundings and more than 700 assaults since "Home Detention Curfew" came into force in 1999.
Ankle Bracelet Criminals Still Committing Crimes | Impact Lab 2006
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The figure's almost doubled the 57 murders in Newark 10 years ago, but that number, a dramatic drop from the 102 murders and manslaughters in 1995.
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KIELTY: No, the largest cases that we've had, are just, you know, we've had some manslaughters, and some other large scales, maybe some other cases involving kids.
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They seldom or neuer fall out among themselues, and, as for fightings or brawlings, wounds or manslaughters, they neuer happen among them.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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He read of three murders, five manslaughters, seven arsons, and as many as eleven rapes — a surprisingly high number — in addition to many less conspicuous crimes, to be tried during a coming Sessions; and from one piece of news he went on to another, keeping the paper well before his face.
The Man of Property 2004
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Hans, of and for all iniuries, damages, grieuances, and drownings, or manslaughters done and committed, as they alleage, against them, deliuered and exhibited in written articles, vnto the aboue named
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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