[bankwalker]

all killers should be killed ... too much compassion in this country ... too much yin, not enough yang ...

[Fai Mao]

I would settle for life - no parole - until you die of old-age - in prison after a speedy trial in a lot of these cases. But many times that does not even happen.

[PLMerite]

Not enough hang.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There are lots of cases of mitigating circumstances that do not fall under “too much compassion.” That is why the law distinguishes between killing and murder.

And murder is subdivided into degrees, first degree being premeditated and intentional; second degree being in the heat of passion, spontaneous; and third degree, that only exists in three states, where violence was intentional, but homicide was both unlikely and unintentional.

And then there is manslaughter. Possibly first distinguished from murder in the 7th century B.C. But with the rather vague definition of “homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.”

Manslaughter varies a lot between jurisdiction, but most commonly is defined as either:

Justifiable
Voluntary (sometimes including assisted suicide)
Involuntary
Constructive
Criminally Negligent
Vehicular and Intoxicated