41.   Several lawyers interviewed Monday noted that deaths resulting from fistfights, which is how Costin died, often result in manslaughter charges.

42.   Smith would not specify whether Amador might face drug charges or a manslaughter charge.

43.   State law permits only the filing of a manslaughter charge in the death of an unborn child capable of living outside the womb.

44.   The couple face manslaughter charges in the January death of Diane Whipple.

45.   The judge Wednesday declared a mistrial on the manslaughter charges, which could be brought again by prosecutors.

46.   The legal standard for a manslaughter charge requires that a person disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death to another, Buckley said.

47.   The jurors, who had deliberated for six days, told Judge Paul Flynn of Superior Court on Tuesday that they were deadlocked on the manslaughter charges.

48.   The next day, five circus officials are arrested on manslaughter charges.

49.   The ruling by District Judge Robert Blackmon came on a motion by defense lawyer Anne Marshall to quash the manslaughter charge against her client, Frank Cuellar.