A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This wasn't a tort case.

    This is a simple case of assault in which someone unintentionally died. It's textbook manslaughter.