A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
For cases where injury was sustained there is legal doctrine know as the Eggshell skull rule
This wasn’t a tort case.
This is a simple case of assault in which someone unintentionally died. It’s textbook manslaughter.
Sure sure, but 87 year olds are expected to be frail. It’s what they normally do.