"MANSLAUGHTER IN AN ASYLUM."

An Indian Asylum

Mistakes, misguided moments, and manslaughter.

What's Wrong with Involuntary Manslaughter?

Manslaughter by Fake Artesunate in Asia—Will Africa Be Next?

June 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 6 | e197 Falciparum malaria kills, and it particularly kills the rural poor. Artemisinin derivatives, such as artesunate, are a vital component of Plasmodium falciparum malaria treatment and control in the face of globally increasing antimalarial drug resistance. Since 1998 a worsening epidemic of sophisticated counterfeit “artesunate” tablets (containing no artesun...

Reducing murder to manslaughter: whose job?

This paper compares two versions of the diminished responsibility defence, which reduces murder to manslaughter: the present statutory formulation and a proposed reformulation. The comparison confirms that evidence such as psychiatrists are commonly invited to give in murder cases takes them beyond their proper role. Paradoxically, although the two formulations mean essentially the same thing, ...