(in some jurisdictions, including Scotland, South Africa, and India) an act which has resulted in a person's death but is held not to amount to murder.
〔律〕（苏格兰、南非和印度等国司法实践中的）过失杀人罪，非预谋杀人罪
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Convictions generally carry lesser sentences than in manslaughter or culpable homicide cases in the UK.
They must protect life by enacting criminal legislation which aims to punish individuals who deprive others of their right to life - i.e. murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide, etc.
The husband has committed an act that is morally wrong; he has committed murder, or perhaps culpable homicide, or at least manslaughter.
In March 2002, they were both acquitted on charges of murder and culpable homicide.
The jury convicted him of culpable homicide, rather than murder.