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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Apparently, there is no 1st or 2nd degree murder/manslaughter in SA. I don't know this for fact, but it's what I am told.
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The labels don't matter, they differentiate on the same grounds as other common law systems. The charge sought is the equivalent to our first degree murder based upon the premidation, the defense argument seems to be painting it as a gross negligence level of manslaughter in the absolute worst case, which they appear to refer to as culpable homicide. There's probably some variations, but in general it's the same thing under a different name than we're used to.