Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Voluntary manslaughter laws in the United States


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The result was redirect to Manslaughter (United States law).  MBisanz  talk 12:32, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Voluntary manslaughter laws in the United States

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While I can see the importance of this article. I think it should either be merged or redirected to another article. All I see here is a list nothing more. Reb1981 (talk) 02:20, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   07:22, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Weak keep ; I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure the legal literature exists to write something about this topic, including a comparison of different states' statutes. A quick Google Books search brings up promising results, including, for example, one on whether the various states consider a fetus a person for the purposes of voluntary manslaughter and one discussing whether the states still adhere to the common law "sudden passion" formula in defining voluntary manslaughter. If the author, Lethalninja, agrees, turning the page into a draft for now to allow more time for improvement may be a good compromise. Huon (talk) 09:11, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Manslaughter (United States law), thanks to SmokeyJoe for finding that. A much better example of what such a "X crime in US law" article should look like though it still could be improved based on secondary sources instead of just the various laws themselves. Huon (talk) 08:01, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Manslaughter (United States law). WP:NOTDIRECTORY.  Even if there is a secondary source discussing the suite of US voluntary manslaughter laws, the first place it should go is the target article.  A very premature spinout.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:37, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * delete expert in criminal law here. Article is significantly lacking, no mention of legal standard, only the punishment. --JumpLike23 (talk) 02:18, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unless someone can include more information about the legal standard and add sources, this article should be deleted. Bmbaker88 (talk) 12:59, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
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