culpable homicide

Police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the builder.

当局对建筑承包商提出过失杀人指控。

But culpable homicide, which is defined as the negligent killing of another person and is roughly comparable to involuntary manslaughter, can carry a wide range of sentences, at the discretion of the judge, from no jail time to more than 15 years in jail.

但难辞其咎的杀人罪也可能被判以不同的刑期，从不用坐牢到15年以上徒刑，由法官自行决定，该罪的定义是由于疏忽杀死他人，大致相当于过失杀人罪。

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been scaled up to murder from culpable homicide by South Africa's top appeals court.

南非最高法院做出裁决，南非残奥会冠军奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯在女友瑞娃·斯廷坎普被杀一案中的谋杀罪名成立，并非误杀。

Pistoruis was found guilty of culpable homicide for the shooting of his girlfriend.

Pistoruis被判过失枪杀他的女朋友。

The incident drew media attention worldwide. Eventually, Vidanapathirana was sentenced 20 years for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

这一事件引发了全球媒体的关注，最终，他因无预谋杀人罪背叛20年监禁。

A South African judge on Tuesday sentenced Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic and Paralympic star, to serve a maximum of five years in jail for the culpable homicide, or manslaughter, of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

周二，奥运会及残奥会明星奥斯卡•皮斯托瑞斯（Oscar Pistorius）因杀害其模特女友瑞瓦•斯滕坎普（Reeva Steenkamp），被南非法官以过失杀人罪判处五年监禁。他将为此在监狱度过最多五年时间。

His elder brother Carl Pistorius has been acquitted of culpable homicide in a 2008 road accident.

他的哥哥卡尔·皮斯托瑞斯在2008年交通事故中的刑事杀人罪名不成立，无罪释放。