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, ian
batten wrote:
The classic excuse "but we didn't intend
to kill anyone" should be debarred as a means of seeking conviction
under a lesser charge such as manslaughter.

But "we didn't intend to kill anyone" is pretty much the definition of
manslaughter: murder requires mens rea, manslaughter doesn't.

Nitpick: the mens rea for a murder charge is to kill or commit grievous
bodily harm.

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