12-06-2020, 09:29 PM
(12-06-2020, 05:35 PM)plam Wrote:(12-06-2020, 01:53 PM)tomh009 Wrote: I believe "manslaughter" is the correct term, at least in Canada, both for the drunk driving and the drunk shooting scenarios. There is not necessarily an intent to kill a person (assuming the gun was being shot randomly) but there is no doubt that the person endangered and took the lives of other people.
I also believe manslaughter is the technically correct term in Canada.
You both are referring to the legal crime, not the lay meaning. “Technically correct” in only the literal meaning of technical.