A few began searching for a compromise in a manslaughter conviction, even if the facts of the case didn't warrant it.

Woodward's lawyers also asked the court to throw out her manslaughter conviction.

Thus, he said, "the evidence was insufficient" for a manslaughter conviction.

She found in the manslaughter convictions "a message that we were justified in our actions."

She was initially paroled after serving four years on the manslaughter conviction.

A manslaughter conviction carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.

But they said the most fascinating twist was the first-degree manslaughter conviction.

He said the jury's manslaughter conviction was not a surprise.

But what if a manslaughter conviction had been an alternative?

A more likely outcome, they said, would be a manslaughter conviction.