When Christian Andreacchio was found dead in his Mississippi apartment at age 21, police ruled his death a suicide after a 45-minute investigation. His family faced obstacles at the local and state ...

Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday for shooting and killing his girlfriend in 2013. Judge Thokozile Masipa characterized Pistorius as an unreliable ...

Because the informed consent cause of action is statutory, having been codified in New York Public Health Law §2805-d, it might be expected that the statute would provide guidance to the defenses ...

For a layman, anything that involves the killing of any other being may amount to murder, however, the legal system and anyone who knows the law well understands that the term "murder" may not fit ...

Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. In South Africa, culpable homicide is defined simply as “unlawful or negligent ...