TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

Mistakes, misguided moments, and manslaughter.

What's Wrong with Involuntary Manslaughter?

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, ...

Manslaughter--how did we get here?

Dr Michael J Powers QC Clerksroom & ADR Chambers, Taunton A meeting of the Medico-Legal Society was held at The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London W1, on Thursday, 13 January 2005. The President, Dr Neville Davis, MBE, was in the Chair. The President: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I think we are in for another treat this evening. Standing on my left, Michael Powers is ve...

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...