Comment on Adam Johnson: Arrest over ice hockey player's death - BBC News
Guntrigger@feddit.ch 7 months agoIt doesn’t seem unreasonable to investigate. If someone slashes a person’s throat, they probably shouldn’t get away with it without question just because it was in the middle of a sporting match.
zaph@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
An arrest for manslaughter actually means there was no intent. Intent would change it to murder.
Guntrigger@feddit.ch 7 months ago
It only means there was no intent to murder. If there was intent to do harm, but that harm results in death, it would fall under manslaughter.
It could also be the case that it’s just deemed to be grossly negligent or reckless behaviour, but that seems much harder to pin down, especially in a professional sports setting.