New Jersey · New Jersey Revised Statutes — Title 2C, The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice

N.J.S.A. Title 2C § 2C:11-4: Manslaughter

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of another person committed recklessly or in the heat of passion following reasonable provocation. Aggravated manslaughter—causing death through extreme indifference to human life or while fleeing police—is a first-degree felony; simple manslaughter is a second-degree felony.

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