On February 26, 2014, 21-year-old Christian Andreacchio was found dead in his apartment in Meridian, Mississippi. Meridian police ruled his death a suicide after a 45-minute investigation, but ...

Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday for shooting and killing his girlfriend in 2013. Judge Thokozile Masipa characterized Pistorius as an unreliable ...

Killing someone is a gruesome act. While, in layman's language, homicide and murder are interchangeably used, the law has clearly demarcated a clear distinction between murder and culpable homicide.

Analysis Culpable Conduct and Informed Consent In his Medical Malpractice Defense column, John L.A. Lyddane discusses the value of exploring a culpable conduct defense when faced with an informed ...