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You're actually somewhat wrong: Manslaughter/"Totschlag" also requires intention (because anything without intention is, by definition, accidental or reckless)
by matt4077 9y ago
You're actually somewhat wrong:
Manslaughter/"Totschlag" also requires intention (because anything without intention is, by definition, accidental or reckless).
Murder/"Mord" additionally requires one of several distinct characteristics. Among them are the attempt to conceal some other crime, a sexual motive, exploiting a victim's particularly weak ability to defend themselves, seeking financial gain, and maybe one or two more I forgot.
Yeah, that list is all over the place, and rather inconsistent. It will be changed any decade now.
- pluma 9y agoThanks for pointing that out. I always thought "Totschlag" also referred to violence that escalated into a killing but uninentionally so (i.e. when it should have been clear the injuries are fatal but they weren't meant to be).