Can you go to jail for committing involuntary manslaughter?

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer:

Yes you CAN but you may not. Certain circumstances sometimes allow for not serving anytime. If you defend your home against an armed intruder and kill them, you may be charged with the crime of involuntary manslaughter BUT probably would not serve anytime because your actions were not based on malice AND defense of ones home and family are protected under the US Constitution. without malice means that you did not intentionally set out to murder someone in a premeditated way. Self Defense is a very strong defense against murder or manslaughter charges.

Answer 2

In most jurisdictions that would be a crime resulting in a jail sentence. It is a crime because you did something that caused the death of someone even though you didn't kill them "with intent." The crime and sentence is usually based on the severity of what you did and your intent for doing it that caused someones death.

Answer 3

Yes. Define involuntary manslaughter.

Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th century BC.

The definition of manslaughter differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The law generally differentiates between levels of criminal culpability based on the mens rea, or state of mind; or the circumstances under which the killing occurred (mitigating factors). Manslaughter is usually broken down into two distinct categories: voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter; however, this is not the case in all juridictions.[2]

In some jurisdictions, such as the UK, Canada and some Australian states provocation (or "loss of control" in English law) is a partial defense to a charge of murder which acts by converting what would otherwise have been murder into manslaughter.