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Originally Posted by Five-hole
The definition of murder which is "causing death while committing another illegal act" has a very restricted set of crimes that apply. They're all crimes that involve exerting some measure of control over the victim, like kidnapping, hijacking, rape, and robbery.
I did some research last night and it seems the harshest sentence given out for drinking and driving causing death is "criminal negligence causing death", which has a maximum sentence of 25 years but no minimum (unless the death is caused by a firearm, in which case the minimum sentence is 5 years).
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There was a case not to long ago that charged an impaired driver with manslaughter which was new case law. Mind you, there was a lot more intent there than what appears to be in this case.